diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_7/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_7/default.nix
index cd049996c7ba..aa29308798c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_7/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_7/default.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
   # Allow to independently override the jdks used to build and run respectively
   buildJdk,
   runJdk,
+  # Toggle for hacks for running bazel under buildBazelPackage:
   # Always assume all markers valid (this is needed because we remove markers; they are non-deterministic).
   # Also, don't clean up environment variables (so that NIX_ environment variables are passed to compilers).
   enableNixHacks ? false,
@@ -392,7 +393,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       })
     ]
     # See enableNixHacks argument above.
-    ++ lib.optional enableNixHacks ./nix-hacks.patch;
+    ++ lib.optional enableNixHacks ./nix-build-bazel-package-hacks.patch;
 
   postPatch =
     let
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_7/nix-hacks.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_7/nix-build-bazel-package-hacks.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_7/nix-hacks.patch
rename to pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_7/nix-build-bazel-package-hacks.patch