diff --git a/reddit_api_async/connection.ml b/reddit_api_async/connection.ml
index 4053b45d..150e756d 100644
--- a/reddit_api_async/connection.ml
+++ b/reddit_api_async/connection.ml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 open! Core
 open! Async
-module Rate_limiter' = Rate_limiter
 open Reddit_api_kernel
-module Rate_limiter = Rate_limiter'
 
 module Credentials = struct
   module Password = struct
@@ -385,7 +383,6 @@ type t = T : (module T with type t = 't) * 't -> t
 let sexp_of_t (T ((module T), t)) = T.sexp_of_t t
 
 let all_rate_limiters () =
-  let module Synchronous_rate_limiter = Reddit_api_kernel.Rate_limiter in
   Synchronous_rate_limiter.combine
     [ Synchronous_rate_limiter.by_headers
     ; Synchronous_rate_limiter.with_minimum_delay ~delay:(Time_ns.Span.of_int_ms 100)
diff --git a/reddit_api_async/rate_limiter.ml b/reddit_api_async/rate_limiter.ml
index da428aa6..b62bf7a9 100644
--- a/reddit_api_async/rate_limiter.ml
+++ b/reddit_api_async/rate_limiter.ml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 open! Core
 open! Async
-module Synchronous_rate_limiter = Reddit_api_kernel.Rate_limiter
+module Synchronous_rate_limiter = Reddit_api_kernel.Synchronous_rate_limiter
 
 type t =
   { mutable state : Synchronous_rate_limiter.t
diff --git a/reddit_api_async/rate_limiter.mli b/reddit_api_async/rate_limiter.mli
index b22875e1..8de057ac 100644
--- a/reddit_api_async/rate_limiter.mli
+++ b/reddit_api_async/rate_limiter.mli
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ open! Async
 
 type t [@@deriving sexp_of]
 
-val of_synchronous : Reddit_api_kernel.Rate_limiter.t -> Time_source.t -> t
+val of_synchronous : Reddit_api_kernel.Synchronous_rate_limiter.t -> Time_source.t -> t
 val permit_request : t -> unit Deferred.t
 val notify_response : t -> Cohttp.Response.t -> unit
 val is_ready : t -> bool
diff --git a/reddit_api_kernel/reddit_api_kernel.ml b/reddit_api_kernel/reddit_api_kernel.ml
index 0f5e2f4c..f5934086 100644
--- a/reddit_api_kernel/reddit_api_kernel.ml
+++ b/reddit_api_kernel/reddit_api_kernel.ml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ module Listing = Listing
 module Mod_action = Mod_action
 module Moderator_report = Moderator_report
 module Modmail = Modmail
-module Rate_limiter = Rate_limiter
 module Relationship = Relationship
 module Stylesheet = Stylesheet
 module Submit_text = Submit_text
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@ module Subreddit_name = Subreddit_name
 module Subreddit_rules = Subreddit_rules
 module Subreddit_settings = Subreddit_settings
 module Subreddit_traffic = Subreddit_traffic
+module Synchronous_rate_limiter = Synchronous_rate_limiter
 module Thing = Thing
 module Thing_kind = Thing_kind
 module Uri_with_string_sexp = Uri_with_string_sexp
diff --git a/reddit_api_kernel/rate_limiter.ml b/reddit_api_kernel/synchronous_rate_limiter.ml
similarity index 100%
rename from reddit_api_kernel/rate_limiter.ml
rename to reddit_api_kernel/synchronous_rate_limiter.ml
diff --git a/reddit_api_kernel/rate_limiter.mli b/reddit_api_kernel/synchronous_rate_limiter.mli
similarity index 100%
rename from reddit_api_kernel/rate_limiter.mli
rename to reddit_api_kernel/synchronous_rate_limiter.mli
diff --git a/test/test_rate_limiter.ml b/test/test_rate_limiter.ml
index 3c937533..6521c80a 100644
--- a/test/test_rate_limiter.ml
+++ b/test/test_rate_limiter.ml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ let%expect_test _ =
   let time_source = Time_source.create ~now:(00 ^: 00) () in
   let rate_limiter =
     Reddit_api_async.Rate_limiter.of_synchronous
-      Reddit_api_kernel.Rate_limiter.by_headers
+      Reddit_api_kernel.Synchronous_rate_limiter.by_headers
       (Time_source.read_only time_source)
   in
   let print () =