diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
index 0ef71605e9..d1df93826f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
@@ -5772,7 +5772,7 @@ (define-public python2-numpy
                 (strip-python2-variant python-numpy-next))))
     (package
       (inherit numpy)
-      (name "python-numpy")
+      (name "python2-numpy")
       (version "1.16.5")
       (source (origin
                 (method url-fetch)