diff --git a/src/boot/efi/boot.c b/src/boot/efi/boot.c
index 20ded3a630..84293364b4 100644
--- a/src/boot/efi/boot.c
+++ b/src/boot/efi/boot.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ enum loader_type {
 };
 
 typedef struct {
-        CHAR16 *id; /* The identifier for this entry (note that this id is not necessarily unique though!) */
+        CHAR16 *id; /* The unique identifier for this entry */
         CHAR16 *title_show;
         CHAR16 *title;
         CHAR16 *version;
@@ -1310,7 +1310,6 @@ static VOID config_entry_add_from_file(
         CHAR8 *line;
         UINTN pos = 0;
         CHAR8 *key, *value;
-        UINTN len;
         EFI_STATUS err;
         EFI_FILE_HANDLE handle;
         _cleanup_freepool_ CHAR16 *initrd = NULL;
@@ -1431,10 +1430,6 @@ static VOID config_entry_add_from_file(
 
         entry->device = device;
         entry->id = StrDuplicate(file);
-        len = StrLen(entry->id);
-        /* remove ".conf" */
-        if (len > 5)
-                entry->id[len - 5] = '\0';
         StrLwr(entry->id);
 
         config_add_entry(config, entry);
@@ -1775,7 +1770,8 @@ static ConfigEntry *config_entry_add_loader(
                 CHAR16 *id,
                 CHAR16 key,
                 CHAR16 *title,
-                CHAR16 *loader) {
+                CHAR16 *loader,
+                CHAR16 *version) {
 
         ConfigEntry *entry;
 
@@ -1783,6 +1779,7 @@ static ConfigEntry *config_entry_add_loader(
         *entry = (ConfigEntry) {
                 .type = type,
                 .title = StrDuplicate(title),
+                .version = StrDuplicate(version),
                 .device = device,
                 .loader = StrDuplicate(loader),
                 .id = StrDuplicate(id),
@@ -1840,7 +1837,7 @@ static BOOLEAN config_entry_add_loader_auto(
                 return FALSE;
         uefi_call_wrapper(handle->Close, 1, handle);
 
-        entry = config_entry_add_loader(config, device, LOADER_UNDEFINED, id, key, title, loader);
+        entry = config_entry_add_loader(config, device, LOADER_UNDEFINED, id, key, title, loader, NULL);
         if (!entry)
                 return FALSE;
 
@@ -1908,10 +1905,12 @@ static VOID config_entry_add_linux(
                 CHAR8 *line;
                 UINTN pos = 0;
                 CHAR8 *key, *value;
+                CHAR16 *os_name_pretty = NULL;
                 CHAR16 *os_name = NULL;
                 CHAR16 *os_id = NULL;
                 CHAR16 *os_version = NULL;
-                CHAR16 *os_build = NULL;
+                CHAR16 *os_version_id = NULL;
+                CHAR16 *os_build_id = NULL;
 
                 err = uefi_call_wrapper(linux_dir->Read, 3, linux_dir, &bufsize, buf);
                 if (bufsize == 0 || EFI_ERROR(err))
@@ -1927,6 +1926,8 @@ static VOID config_entry_add_linux(
                         continue;
                 if (StriCmp(f->FileName + len - 4, L".efi") != 0)
                         continue;
+                if (StrnCmp(f->FileName, L"auto-", 5) == 0)
+                        continue;
 
                 /* look for .osrel and .cmdline sections in the .efi binary */
                 err = pe_file_locate_sections(linux_dir, f->FileName, sections, addrs, offs, szs);
@@ -1940,6 +1941,12 @@ static VOID config_entry_add_linux(
                 /* read properties from the embedded os-release file */
                 while ((line = line_get_key_value(content, (CHAR8 *)"=", &pos, &key, &value))) {
                         if (strcmpa((CHAR8 *)"PRETTY_NAME", key) == 0) {
+                                FreePool(os_name_pretty);
+                                os_name_pretty = stra_to_str(value);
+                                continue;
+                        }
+
+                        if (strcmpa((CHAR8 *)"NAME", key) == 0) {
                                 FreePool(os_name);
                                 os_name = stra_to_str(value);
                                 continue;
@@ -1957,20 +1964,27 @@ static VOID config_entry_add_linux(
                                 continue;
                         }
 
+                        if (strcmpa((CHAR8 *)"VERSION_ID", key) == 0) {
+                                FreePool(os_version_id);
+                                os_version_id = stra_to_str(value);
+                                continue;
+                        }
+
                         if (strcmpa((CHAR8 *)"BUILD_ID", key) == 0) {
-                                FreePool(os_build);
-                                os_build = stra_to_str(value);
+                                FreePool(os_build_id);
+                                os_build_id = stra_to_str(value);
                                 continue;
                         }
                 }
 
-                if (os_name && os_id && (os_version || os_build)) {
-                        _cleanup_freepool_ CHAR16 *conf = NULL, *path = NULL;
+                if ((os_name_pretty || os_name) && os_id && (os_version || os_version_id || os_build_id)) {
+                        _cleanup_freepool_ CHAR16 *path = NULL;
 
-                        conf = PoolPrint(L"%s-%s", os_id, os_version ? : os_build);
                         path = PoolPrint(L"\\EFI\\Linux\\%s", f->FileName);
 
-                        entry = config_entry_add_loader(config, device, LOADER_LINUX, conf, 'l', os_name, path);
+                        entry = config_entry_add_loader(config, device, LOADER_LINUX, f->FileName, 'l',
+                                                        os_name_pretty ? : (os_name ? : os_id), path,
+                                                        os_version ? : (os_version_id ? : os_build_id));
 
                         FreePool(content);
                         content = NULL;
@@ -1989,10 +2003,12 @@ static VOID config_entry_add_linux(
                         config_entry_parse_tries(entry, L"\\EFI\\Linux", f->FileName, L".efi");
                 }
 
+                FreePool(os_name_pretty);
                 FreePool(os_name);
                 FreePool(os_id);
                 FreePool(os_version);
-                FreePool(os_build);
+                FreePool(os_version_id);
+                FreePool(os_build_id);
                 FreePool(content);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/shared/bootspec.c b/src/shared/bootspec.c
index 4f750dc1da..699b101b39 100644
--- a/src/shared/bootspec.c
+++ b/src/shared/bootspec.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ static void boot_entry_free(BootEntry *entry) {
         assert(entry);
 
         free(entry->id);
+        free(entry->id_old);
         free(entry->path);
         free(entry->root);
         free(entry->title);
@@ -73,12 +74,13 @@ static int boot_entry_load(
                 return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "Invalid loader entry file suffix: %s", path);
 
         b = basename(path);
-        tmp.id = strndup(b, c - b);
-        if (!tmp.id)
+        tmp.id = strdup(b);
+        tmp.id_old = strndup(b, c - b);
+        if (!tmp.id || !tmp.id_old)
                 return log_oom();
 
         if (!efi_loader_entry_name_valid(tmp.id))
-                return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "Invalid loader entry filename: %s", path);
+                return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "Invalid loader entry: %s", tmp.id);
 
         tmp.path = strdup(path);
         if (!tmp.path)
@@ -289,6 +291,7 @@ static int boot_entry_load_unified(
         };
         _cleanup_fclose_ FILE *f = NULL;
         const char *k;
+        char *b;
         int r;
 
         assert(root);
@@ -314,8 +317,10 @@ static int boot_entry_load_unified(
         if (!os_pretty_name || !os_id || !(version_id || build_id))
                 return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EBADMSG), "Missing fields in os-release data from unified kernel image %s, refusing.", path);
 
-        tmp.id = strjoin(os_id, "-", version_id ?: build_id);
-        if (!tmp.id)
+        b = basename(path);
+        tmp.id = strdup(b);
+        tmp.id_old = strjoin(os_id, "-", version_id ?: build_id);
+        if (!tmp.id || !tmp.id_old)
                 return log_oom();
 
         if (!efi_loader_entry_name_valid(tmp.id))
diff --git a/src/shared/bootspec.h b/src/shared/bootspec.h
index c18d89494a..a825b35bc5 100644
--- a/src/shared/bootspec.h
+++ b/src/shared/bootspec.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ typedef enum BootEntryType {
 typedef struct BootEntry {
         BootEntryType type;
         char *id;       /* This is the file basename without extension */
+        char *id_old;   /* Old-style ID, for deduplication purposes. */
         char *path;     /* This is the full path to the drop-in file */
         char *root;     /* The root path in which the drop-in was found, i.e. to which 'kernel', 'efi' and 'initrd' are relative */
         char *title;
@@ -54,9 +55,12 @@ typedef struct BootConfig {
 static inline bool boot_config_has_entry(BootConfig *config, const char *id) {
         size_t j;
 
-        for (j = 0; j < config->n_entries; j++)
-                if (streq(config->entries[j].id, id))
+        for (j = 0; j < config->n_entries; j++) {
+                const char* entry_id_old = config->entries[j].id_old;
+                if (streq(config->entries[j].id, id) ||
+                    (entry_id_old && streq(entry_id_old, id)))
                         return true;
+        }
 
         return false;
 }