diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
index 946dba0af8f5..82a1d6af8329 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ let emacs = stdenv.mkDerivation (lib.optionalAttrs nativeComp {
   NATIVE_FULL_AOT = "1";
   LIBRARY_PATH = "${lib.getLib stdenv.cc.libc}/lib";
 } // {
-  inherit pname version;
+  pname = pname + lib.optionalString ( !withX && !withNS && !withGTK2 && !withGTK3 ) "-nox";
+  inherit version;
 
   patches = patches fetchpatch;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7628217ef7e6..97b80a197d77 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -25306,12 +25306,12 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit (darwin) sigtool;
   };
 
-  emacs27-nox = lowPrio (appendToName "nox" (emacs27.override {
+  emacs27-nox = lowPrio (emacs27.override {
     withX = false;
     withNS = false;
     withGTK2 = false;
     withGTK3 = false;
-  }));
+  });
 
   emacsMacport = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs/macport.nix {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks)