diff --git a/src/lib/netlist/nl_parser.cpp b/src/lib/netlist/nl_parser.cpp
index b2588faaaa8..6dee211ce56 100644
--- a/src/lib/netlist/nl_parser.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/netlist/nl_parser.cpp
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ void parser_t::device(const pstring &dev_type)
 
 	pstring devname = get_identifier();
 
-	m_setup.register_dev(dev_type, m_setup.build_fqn(devname));
+	m_setup.register_dev(dev_type, devname);
 	m_setup.log().debug("Parser: IC: {1}\n", devname);
 
 	for (pstring tp : paramlist)
diff --git a/src/lib/netlist/nl_setup.cpp b/src/lib/netlist/nl_setup.cpp
index 5c68449f6c4..038fd7ed978 100644
--- a/src/lib/netlist/nl_setup.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/netlist/nl_setup.cpp
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ void setup_t::register_dev(const pstring &classname, const pstring &name)
 	if (f == nullptr)
 		log().fatal("Class {1} not found!\n", classname);
 	/* make sure we parse macro library entries */
-	f->macro_actions(netlist(), build_fqn(name));
+	f->macro_actions(netlist(), name);
 	m_device_factory.push_back(std::pair<pstring, factory::element_t *>(build_fqn(name), f));
 }