diff --git a/src/libstore/globals.hh b/src/libstore/globals.hh
index dba7d78ef..f102f08f9 100644
--- a/src/libstore/globals.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/globals.hh
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ public:
         "Number of seconds between checking free disk space."};
 
     PluginFilesSetting pluginFiles{
-        this, {}, "plugin-files",
+        this, {}, "plugin-files-2",
         R"(
           A list of plugin files to be loaded by Nix. Each of these files will
           be dlopened by Nix, allowing them to affect execution through static