diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d5159ea3898c6..cb52998ad6ef2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ bench_internal
 tests
 exhaustive_tests
 precompute_ecmult_gen
-gen_ecmult_static_pre_g
+precompute_ecmult
 valgrind_ctime_test
 *.exe
 *.so
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index d47a8a3131ce4..2fa114778c61d 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -130,12 +130,12 @@ TESTS += exhaustive_tests
 endif
 
 ### Precomputed tables
-EXTRA_PROGRAMS = gen_ecmult_static_pre_g precompute_ecmult_gen
+EXTRA_PROGRAMS = precompute_ecmult precompute_ecmult_gen
 CLEANFILES = $(EXTRA_PROGRAMS)
 
-gen_ecmult_static_pre_g_SOURCES = src/gen_ecmult_static_pre_g.c
-gen_ecmult_static_pre_g_CPPFLAGS = $(SECP_INCLUDES)
-gen_ecmult_static_pre_g_LDADD = $(SECP_LIBS) $(COMMON_LIB)
+precompute_ecmult_SOURCES = src/precompute_ecmult.c
+precompute_ecmult_CPPFLAGS = $(SECP_INCLUDES)
+precompute_ecmult_LDADD = $(SECP_LIBS) $(COMMON_LIB)
 
 precompute_ecmult_gen_SOURCES = src/precompute_ecmult_gen.c
 precompute_ecmult_gen_CPPFLAGS = $(SECP_INCLUDES)
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ precompute_ecmult_gen_LDADD = $(SECP_LIBS) $(COMMON_LIB)
 # This means that rebuilds of the prebuilt files always need to be
 # forced by deleting them, e.g., by invoking `make clean-precomp`.
 src/ecmult_static_pre_g.h:
-	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) gen_ecmult_static_pre_g$(EXEEXT)
-	./gen_ecmult_static_pre_g$(EXEEXT)
+	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) precompute_ecmult$(EXEEXT)
+	./precompute_ecmult$(EXEEXT)
 src/ecmult_gen_static_prec_table.h:
 	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) precompute_ecmult_gen$(EXEEXT)
 	./precompute_ecmult_gen$(EXEEXT)
diff --git a/src/ecmult_static_pre_g.h b/src/ecmult_static_pre_g.h
index 9072fb268860c..7e254ac71fad3 100644
--- a/src/ecmult_static_pre_g.h
+++ b/src/ecmult_static_pre_g.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* This file was automatically generated by gen_ecmult_static_pre_g. */
+/* This file was automatically generated by precompute_ecmult. */
 /* This file contains an array secp256k1_pre_g with odd multiples of the base point G and
  * an array secp256k1_pre_g_128 with odd multiples of 2^128*G for accelerating the computation of a*P + b*G.
  */
diff --git a/src/gen_ecmult_static_pre_g.c b/src/precompute_ecmult.c
similarity index 98%
rename from src/gen_ecmult_static_pre_g.c
rename to src/precompute_ecmult.c
index ba1d1f17d7d96..7c667aeb8c713 100644
--- a/src/gen_ecmult_static_pre_g.c
+++ b/src/precompute_ecmult.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ int main(void) {
         return -1;
     }
 
-    fprintf(fp, "/* This file was automatically generated by gen_ecmult_static_pre_g. */\n");
+    fprintf(fp, "/* This file was automatically generated by precompute_ecmult. */\n");
     fprintf(fp, "/* This file contains an array secp256k1_pre_g with odd multiples of the base point G and\n");
     fprintf(fp, " * an array secp256k1_pre_g_128 with odd multiples of 2^128*G for accelerating the computation of a*P + b*G.\n");
     fprintf(fp, " */\n");