diff --git a/pkgs/development/misc/resholve/resholve-utils.nix b/pkgs/development/misc/resholve/resholve-utils.nix
index 27e347e7c4aa3..132f280a80e0c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/misc/resholve/resholve-utils.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/misc/resholve/resholve-utils.nix
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ rec {
       */
       unresholved = (stdenv.mkDerivation ((removeAttrs attrs [ "solutions" ])
         // {
-        inherit pname version src;
+        inherit version src;
+        pname = "${pname}-unresholved";
       }));
     in
     /*
@@ -178,8 +179,7 @@ rec {
     */
     lib.extendDerivation true passthru (stdenv.mkDerivation {
       src = unresholved;
-      version = unresholved.version;
-      pname = "resholved-${unresholved.pname}";
+      inherit version pname;
       buildInputs = [ resholve ];
 
       # retain a reference to the base
@@ -199,5 +199,8 @@ rec {
       # supports default python.logging levels
       # LOGLEVEL="INFO";
       preFixup = phraseSolutions solutions unresholved;
+
+      # don't break the metadata...
+      meta = unresholved.meta;
     });
 }