diff --git a/engines/sci/detection.cpp b/engines/sci/detection.cpp
index 5cbe3633c75..35666b2bf48 100644
--- a/engines/sci/detection.cpp
+++ b/engines/sci/detection.cpp
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ static const ADExtraGuiOptionsMap optionsList[] = {
 		{
 			_s("Use original save/load screens"),
 			_s("Use the original save/load screens, instead of the ScummVM ones"),
-			"sci_originalsaveload",
+			"originalsaveload",
 			false
 		}
 	},
diff --git a/engines/sci/sci.cpp b/engines/sci/sci.cpp
index 4ae55cbcba8..9b0ee6924bd 100644
--- a/engines/sci/sci.cpp
+++ b/engines/sci/sci.cpp
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ extern void showScummVMDialog(const Common::String &message);
 
 Common::Error SciEngine::run() {
 	// Assign default values to the config manager, in case settings are missing
-	ConfMan.registerDefault("sci_originalsaveload", "false");
+	ConfMan.registerDefault("originalsaveload", "false");
 	ConfMan.registerDefault("native_fb01", "false");
 	ConfMan.registerDefault("windows_cursors", "false");	// Windows cursors for KQ6 Windows
 	ConfMan.registerDefault("silver_cursors", "false");	// Silver cursors for SQ4 CD
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ void SciEngine::patchGameSaveRestore() {
 		break;
 	}
 
-	if (ConfMan.getBool("sci_originalsaveload"))
+	if (ConfMan.getBool("originalsaveload"))
 		return;
 
 	uint16 kernelNamesSize = _kernel->getKernelNamesSize();