diff --git a/scripts/projects.py b/scripts/projects.py
index 2b97a0a5..1bb21599 100644
--- a/scripts/projects.py
+++ b/scripts/projects.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class Projects(object):
         return r
 
     def strip_module_from_spec(self, mod):
-        return re.sub(r'-devel$|-run$', '', re.split('([=><]+)', mod)[0].strip())
+        return re.sub(r'-dev$|-devel$|-run$', '', re.split('([=><]+)', mod)[0].strip())
 
     def get_section(self, path, section):
         r = ''