diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2025-10-31-13-20-16.gh-issue-140454.gF6dCe.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2025-10-31-13-20-16.gh-issue-140454.gF6dCe.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..4bb132ce01e170
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2025-10-31-13-20-16.gh-issue-140454.gF6dCe.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+When building the JIT, match the jit_stencils filename expectations in
+Makefile with the generator script. This avoid needless JIT recompilation
+during ``make install``.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 31eb0baa924207..6b0d4d10cc040b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -34303,10 +34303,10 @@ else case e in #(
       JIT_STENCILS_H="jit_stencils-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.h"
       ;;
     aarch64-*-linux-gnu)
-      JIT_STENCILS_H="jit_stencils-$host.h"
+      JIT_STENCILS_H="jit_stencils-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.h"
       ;;
     x86_64-*-linux-gnu)
-      JIT_STENCILS_H="jit_stencils-$host.h"
+      JIT_STENCILS_H="jit_stencils-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.h"
       ;;
   esac ;;
 esac
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6f29362f46735b..fbfeae96fb5b4c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -8218,10 +8218,10 @@ AS_VAR_IF([enable_experimental_jit], [no],
       JIT_STENCILS_H="jit_stencils-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.h"
       ;;
     aarch64-*-linux-gnu)
-      JIT_STENCILS_H="jit_stencils-$host.h"
+      JIT_STENCILS_H="jit_stencils-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.h"
       ;;
     x86_64-*-linux-gnu)
-      JIT_STENCILS_H="jit_stencils-$host.h"
+      JIT_STENCILS_H="jit_stencils-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.h"
       ;;
   esac])