diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.49-headers.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.49-headers.nix
index 58c0c19a17bc..afb094a3cad5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.49-headers.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.49-headers.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "boost-1.49.0-headers";
+  name = "boost-headers-1.49.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/boost/boost_1_49_0.tar.bz2";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.51-headers.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.51-headers.nix
index 4b1c1f80c541..6004eb799c01 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.51-headers.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.51-headers.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "boost-1.51.0-headers";
+  name = "boost-headers-1.51.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/boost/boost_1_51_0.tar.bz2";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.52-headers.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.52-headers.nix
index 72a4b419f2d5..b9e594cf5f91 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.52-headers.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.52-headers.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "boost-1.52.0-headers";
+  name = "boost-headers-1.52.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/boost/boost_1_52_0.tar.bz2";