diff --git a/doc/components.txt b/doc/components.txt
index bfdb31a51..f0c4abef8 100644
--- a/doc/components.txt
+++ b/doc/components.txt
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ Separate components:
   The terminal crosslink service allows to terminal clients to talk to each
   other.
 
-:'gems/src/server/http_block':
+:'gems/src/server/http_blk':
   A block service that fetches a virtual block device over the network from
   a HTTP server.
 
diff --git a/gems/src/server/http_block/README b/gems/src/server/http_blk/README
similarity index 94%
rename from gems/src/server/http_block/README
rename to gems/src/server/http_blk/README
index 956a99414..f351967f3 100644
--- a/gems/src/server/http_block/README
+++ b/gems/src/server/http_blk/README
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Usage
 
 Config file snippet:
 
-!<start name="http_blkdrv">
+!<start name="http_blk">
 !  <resource name="RAM" quantum="1M" />
 !  <provides><service name="Block"/></provides> <!-- Mandatory -->
 !  <config uri="http://kc86.genode.labs:80/file.iso" block_size=2048/>
diff --git a/gems/src/server/http_block/http.cc b/gems/src/server/http_blk/http.cc
similarity index 100%
rename from gems/src/server/http_block/http.cc
rename to gems/src/server/http_blk/http.cc
diff --git a/gems/src/server/http_block/http.h b/gems/src/server/http_blk/http.h
similarity index 100%
rename from gems/src/server/http_block/http.h
rename to gems/src/server/http_blk/http.h
diff --git a/gems/src/server/http_block/main.cc b/gems/src/server/http_blk/main.cc
similarity index 100%
rename from gems/src/server/http_block/main.cc
rename to gems/src/server/http_blk/main.cc
diff --git a/gems/src/server/http_block/target.mk b/gems/src/server/http_blk/target.mk
similarity index 69%
rename from gems/src/server/http_block/target.mk
rename to gems/src/server/http_blk/target.mk
index 8fbbe750c..848d88c30 100644
--- a/gems/src/server/http_block/target.mk
+++ b/gems/src/server/http_blk/target.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-TARGET = http_block
+TARGET = http_blk
 SRC_CC = main.cc http.cc
 LIBS   = lwip libc