diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kak-prelude.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kak-prelude.nix
index ee9c125827c8..8fd5fba7d7ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kak-prelude.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kak-prelude.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins
-    cp -r rc $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins/auto-pairs
+    cp -r rc $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins/prelude
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib;