diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d51d6d22..217baa99 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 - Fixed an obscure issue with VST3 plugins crashing in **Ardour** on
   Arch/Manjaro because of misreported parameter queue lengths.
+- Some of yabridge's socket file names contained extremely aesthetically
+  unpleasing trailing underscores. Begone pesky underscores!
 
 ### Packaging notes
 
diff --git a/src/common/communication/vst2.h b/src/common/communication/vst2.h
index 41c8cd52..67c4fa8c 100644
--- a/src/common/communication/vst2.h
+++ b/src/common/communication/vst2.h
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ class Vst2Sockets final : public Sockets {
                              (base_dir_ / "host_vst_dispatch.sock").string(),
                              listen),
           vst_host_callback_(io_context,
-                             (base_dir_ / "vst_host_callback_.sock").string(),
+                             (base_dir_ / "vst_host_callback.sock").string(),
                              listen),
           host_vst_parameters_(
               io_context,
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ class Vst2Sockets final : public Sockets {
               (base_dir_ / "host_vst_process_replacing.sock").string(),
               listen),
           host_vst_control_(io_context,
-                            (base_dir_ / "host_vst_control_.sock").string(),
+                            (base_dir_ / "host_vst_control.sock").string(),
                             listen) {}
 
     ~Vst2Sockets() noexcept override { close(); }
diff --git a/src/common/communication/vst3.h b/src/common/communication/vst3.h
index 584f881d..49338056 100644
--- a/src/common/communication/vst3.h
+++ b/src/common/communication/vst3.h
@@ -315,10 +315,10 @@ class Vst3Sockets final : public Sockets {
                 bool listen)
         : Sockets(endpoint_base_dir),
           host_vst_control_(io_context,
-                            (base_dir_ / "host_vst_control_.sock").string(),
+                            (base_dir_ / "host_vst_control.sock").string(),
                             listen),
           vst_host_callback_(io_context,
-                             (base_dir_ / "vst_host_callback_.sock").string(),
+                             (base_dir_ / "vst_host_callback.sock").string(),
                              listen),
           io_context_(io_context) {}