diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/al/alsa-lib/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/al/alsa-lib/package.nix
index f22f68d19cf85..f299263ab1eac 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/al/alsa-lib/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/al/alsa-lib/package.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   version = "1.2.11";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://alsa/lib/${finalAttrs.pname}-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.bz2";
+    url = "mirror://alsa/lib/alsa-lib-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.bz2";
     hash = "sha256-nz8vabmV+a03NZBy+8aaOoi/uggfyD6b4w4UZieVu00=";
   };
 
@@ -37,12 +37,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://www.alsa-project.org/";
     description = "ALSA, the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture libraries";
-
     longDescription = ''
       The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and
       MIDI functionality to the Linux-based operating system.
     '';
-
     license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
     pkgConfigModules = [ "alsa" "alsa-topology" ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/au/audio-sharing/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/au/audio-sharing/package.nix
index f65ffbc434de9..284be254a89e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/au/audio-sharing/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/au/audio-sharing/package.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   cargoDeps = rustPlatform.fetchCargoTarball {
     inherit (finalAttrs) src;
-    name = "${finalAttrs.pname}-${finalAttrs.version}";
+    name = "audio-sharing-${finalAttrs.version}";
     hash = "sha256-c19DxHF4HFN0qTqC2CNzwko79uVeLeyrrXAvuyxeiOQ=";
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/c2/c2nim/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/c2/c2nim/package.nix
index 2212cb5879edc..da348b87cf597 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/c2/c2nim/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/c2/c2nim/package.nix
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
 buildNimPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "c2nim";
   version = "0.9.19";
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "nim-lang";
-    repo = finalAttrs.pname;
+    repo = "c2nim";
     rev = finalAttrs.version;
     hash = "sha256-E8sAhTFIWAnlfWyuvqK8h8g7Puf5ejLEqgLNb5N17os=";
   };
+
   meta = finalAttrs.src.meta // {
     description = "Tool to translate Ansi C code to Nim";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/co/codeium/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/co/codeium/package.nix
index a9a7f14e06b5f..1735c34b88429 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/co/codeium/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/co/codeium/package.nix
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "codeium";
   version = "1.6.39";
+
   src = fetchurl {
-    name = "${finalAttrs.pname}-${finalAttrs.version}.gz";
+    name = "codeium-${finalAttrs.version}.gz";
     url = "https://github.com/Exafunction/codeium/releases/download/language-server-v${finalAttrs.version}/language_server_${plat}.gz";
     inherit hash;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fc/fcitx5-material-color/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fc/fcitx5-material-color/package.nix
index 0385c33e7045d..9e228e5f520c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fc/fcitx5-material-color/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fc/fcitx5-material-color/package.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     runHook preInstall
 
     # https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/fcitx5-material-color/-/blob/main/PKGBUILD?ref_type=heads#L16
-    install -Dm644 arrow.png radio.png -t $out/share/${finalAttrs.pname}/
+    install -Dm644 arrow.png radio.png -t $out/share/fcitx5-material-color/
     for _variant in black blue brown deepPurple indigo orange pink red sakuraPink teal; do
       _variant_name=Material-Color-$_variant
       install -dm755 $_variant_name $out/share/fcitx5/themes/$_variant_name
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ho/hottext/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ho/hottext/package.nix
index 021e44f3c093f..a2b37cd49ec36 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ho/hottext/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ho/hottext/package.nix
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ buildNimPackage (finalAttrs: {
   desktopItem = makeDesktopItem {
     categories = [ "Utility" ];
     comment = finalAttrs.meta.description;
-    desktopName = finalAttrs.pname;
-    exec = finalAttrs.pname;
-    name = finalAttrs.pname;
+    desktopName = "hottext";
+    exec = "hottext";
+    name = "hottext";
   };
 
   postInstall = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libvpl/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libvpl/package.nix
index 8a647916ca63d..89363510f2de3 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libvpl/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libvpl/package.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "intel";
-    repo = finalAttrs.pname;
+    repo = "libvpl";
     rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
     hash = "sha256-2yfJo4iwI/h0CJ+mJJ3cAyG5S7KksUibwJHebF3MR+E=";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ma/maltego/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ma/maltego/package.nix
index 223de91d8e768..8be5845e6b0cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ma/maltego/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ma/maltego/package.nix
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
     desktopItems = [
     (makeDesktopItem {
-      name = finalAttrs.pname;
+      name = "maltego";
       desktopName = "Maltego";
       exec = finalAttrs.meta.mainProgram;
-      icon = finalAttrs.pname;
+      icon = "maltego";
       comment = "An open source intelligence and forensics application";
       categories = [ "Network" "Security" ];
       startupNotify = false;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nimdow/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nimdow/package.nix
index a77fb05298b7a..d3e9d50e096f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nimdow/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nimdow/package.nix
@@ -2,14 +2,13 @@
 
 buildNimPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "nimdow";
-
   version = "0.7.37";
 
   requiredNimVersion = 1;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "avahe-kellenberger";
-    repo = finalAttrs.pname;
+    repo = "nimdow";
     rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
     hash = "sha256-930wDS0UW65QzpUHHOuM25oi/OhFmG0Q7N05ftu7XlI=";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pl/platformsh/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pl/platformsh/package.nix
index 5d9e6dc2d2f49..69ac4bb401e85 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pl/platformsh/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pl/platformsh/package.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ php.buildComposerProject (finalAttrs: {
       --replace "@version-placeholder@" "${finalAttrs.version}"
   '';
 
-  passthru.updateScript = writeShellScript "update-${finalAttrs.pname}" ''
+  passthru.updateScript = writeShellScript "update-platformsh" ''
     set -o errexit
     export PATH="${lib.makeBinPath [ curl jq common-updater-scripts ]}"
     NEW_VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/platformsh/legacy-cli/releases/latest | jq .tag_name --raw-output)
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ra/rancid/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ra/rancid/package.nix
index f23cb1f9c7126..04319353f0de6 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ra/rancid/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ra/rancid/package.nix
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     patchShebangs .
 
     substituteInPlace configure.ac \
-      --replace 'm4_esyscmd(configure.vers package_name),' ${finalAttrs.pname}, \
+      --replace 'm4_esyscmd(configure.vers package_name),' rancid, \
       --replace 'm4_esyscmd(configure.vers package_version),' ${finalAttrs.version},
 
     substituteInPlace etc/rancid.conf.sample.in \
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/se/serious-sans/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/se/serious-sans/package.nix
index 004265e4243fa..2f3f4a69eb54a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/se/serious-sans/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/se/serious-sans/package.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "kaBeech";
-    repo = finalAttrs.pname;
+    repo = "serious-sans";
     rev = "a23f2b303fa3b1ec8788c5abba67b44ca5a3cc0a";
     hash = "sha256-sPb9ZVDTBaZHT0Q/I9OfP7BMYJXPBiKkebzKgUHNuZM=";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sw/swaycwd/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sw/swaycwd/package.nix
index 1a3678c81c859..50568b3215520 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sw/swaycwd/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sw/swaycwd/package.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ buildNimPackage (finalAttrs: {
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     owner = "cab404";
-    repo = finalAttrs.pname;
+    repo = "swaycwd";
     rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
     hash = "sha256-R/LnojbA0vBQVivGLaoM0+M4qVJ7vjf4kggB59i896w=";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wb/wb32-dfu-updater/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wb/wb32-dfu-updater/package.nix
index fb144b7d6e2b7..ecb33b3d427b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/wb/wb32-dfu-updater/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wb/wb32-dfu-updater/package.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "WestberryTech";
-    repo = finalAttrs.pname;
+    repo = "wb32-dfu-updater";
     rev = finalAttrs.version;
     hash = "sha256-DKsDVO00JFhR9hIZksFVJLRwC6PF9LCRpf++QywFO2w=";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/zc/zcfan/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/zc/zcfan/package.nix
index 4534a71fa3e4d..8dbfede4bb9e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/zc/zcfan/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/zc/zcfan/package.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   installCheckPhase = ''
     runHook preInstallCheck
 
-    $out/bin/${finalAttrs.pname} -h
+    $out/bin/zcfan -h
 
     runHook postInstallCheck
   '';