diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix
index 91e6af01578f..a20ebda4bad4 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ system, name, preHook ? "", initialPath, gcc, shell
+{ system, name ? "stdenv", preHook ? "", initialPath, gcc, shell
 , extraAttrs ? {}, overrides ? (pkgs: {})
 
 , # The `fetchurl' to use for downloading curl and its dependencies
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
index 4fa9df8ddee4..4a63d0bf95a2 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
@@ -260,8 +260,6 @@ rec {
   #     dependency (`nix-store -qR') on bootstrapTools or the
   #     first binutils built.
   stdenvLinux = import ../generic rec {
-    name = "stdenv-linux";
-    
     inherit system;
     
     preHook = commonPreHook;
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/native/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/native/default.nix
index 28f077aa8ef8..c0da8f2b0c19 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/native/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/native/default.nix
@@ -86,8 +86,6 @@ rec {
     { gcc, fetchurl, extraPath ? [], overrides ? (pkgs: { }) }:
 
     import ../generic {
-      name = "stdenv-native";
-
       preHook =
         if system == "i686-darwin" || system == "powerpc-darwin" || system == "x86_64-darwin" then prehookDarwin else
         if system == "i686-freebsd" then prehookFreeBSD else
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/nix/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/nix/default.nix
index 7eac06500032..473bb5af0afd 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/nix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/nix/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, pkgs }:
 
 import ../generic rec {
-  name = "stdenv-nix";
-  
   preHook =
     ''
       export NIX_ENFORCE_PURITY=1