diff --git a/cue/ast/astutil/apply.go b/cue/ast/astutil/apply.go
index d805c27..924387e 100644
--- a/cue/ast/astutil/apply.go
+++ b/cue/ast/astutil/apply.go
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
 package astutil
 
 import (
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
+	"hash/fnv"
 	"path"
 	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
@@ -126,7 +128,8 @@
 	// TODO: come up with something much better.
 	// For instance, hoist the uniquer form cue/export.go to
 	// here and make export.go use this.
-	name += "530467a1"
+	hash := fnv.New32()
+	name += hex.EncodeToString(hash.Sum([]byte(importPath)))[:6]
 
 	quoted := strconv.Quote(importPath)
 
diff --git a/cue/ast/astutil/apply_test.go b/cue/ast/astutil/apply_test.go
index 4de20c1..79838ad 100644
--- a/cue/ast/astutil/apply_test.go
+++ b/cue/ast/astutil/apply_test.go
@@ -210,9 +210,9 @@
 a: "string"
 			`,
 		out: `
-import list530467a1 "list"
+import list6c6973 "list"
 
-a: list530467a1
+a: list6c6973
 		`,
 		after: func(c astutil.Cursor) bool {
 			switch c.Node().(type) {
@@ -233,10 +233,10 @@
 
 import (
 	"math"
-	list530467a1 "list"
+	list6c6973 "list"
 )
 
-a: list530467a1
+a: list6c6973
 			`,
 		after: func(c astutil.Cursor) bool {
 			switch x := c.Node().(type) {
@@ -259,10 +259,10 @@
 
 import (
 	"list"
-	list530467a1 "list"
+	list6c6973 "list"
 )
 
-a: list530467a1
+a: list6c6973
 					`,
 		after: func(c astutil.Cursor) bool {
 			switch x := c.Node().(type) {