diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1130c2f..444d055 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## Fixed
 - Overriding the factory of a C platform caused the 'override' function
   to disappear from the resulting set.
+- `output` now works as expected on C platforms. Previously, setting
+   output to a different value than `name` created a broken
+   configuration.
 
 ## [4.1.4] - 2024-06-03
 
diff --git a/c/default.nix b/c/default.nix
index 2074804..1b7ddd5 100644
--- a/c/default.nix
+++ b/c/default.nix
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ let
         { name
         , pkgs
         , stdenv ? pkgs.stdenv
-        , output ? null
+        , output ? name
         , platformOverrides ? _: { }
         }@args:
         let
           factory = pkgs.callPackage (import ./make-derivation.nix platformOverrides)
             {
               inherit base stdenv components;
-              targetName = name;
+              targetName = output;
               mathjax = mathjax';
             };
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ let
                 mkPlatform (args // overrides);
               overrideFactory = overrides:
                 finalPlatform (factory.override overrides);
-            } // lib.optionalAttrs (output != null) { inherit output; };
+            } // { inherit output; };
         in
         finalPlatform factory;
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ let
       createPlatformTargets = attrsOrFn:
         lib.mapAttrs'
           (name: platform: {
-            name = platform.output or name;
+            name = platform.output;
             value = platform attrsOrFn;
           })
           platforms';