diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/source/update.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/source/update.nix
index d4dc3b59cbc..41fac2d781d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/source/update.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/source/update.nix
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ let
     inherit system;
   }) lib runCommand writeText stdenv curl cacert nix;
 
-  sources = if builtins.pathExists ./sources.nix
-            then import ./sources.nix
+  sources = if builtins.pathExists ../upstream-info.nix
+            then import ../upstream-info.nix
             else {};
 
   bucketURL = "https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/"
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ in rec {
       mkAttr = key: val: "${mkIndent (indent + 1)}${key} = ${mkVal val};\n";
       attrLines = lib.mapAttrsToList mkAttr attrs;
     in "{\n" + (lib.concatStrings attrLines) + (mkIndent indent) + "}";
-  in writeText "chromium-new-sources.nix" ''
-    # This file is autogenerated from update.sh in the parent directory.
+  in writeText "chromium-new-upstream-info.nix" ''
+    # This file is autogenerated from update.sh in the same directory.
     ${dumpAttrs 0 newChannels}
   '';
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/update.sh b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/update.sh
index 14f3dc6bd9d..461d8b7dd40 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/update.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"
 sp="$(nix-build -Q --no-out-link source/update.nix -A update)"
-cat "$sp" > source/sources.nix
+cat "$sp" > upstream-info.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/source/sources.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/upstream-info.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/source/sources.nix
rename to pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/upstream-info.nix