diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 039d07011b61b2c8522d13ed1da407f7965dc604..965ffebce27ed1042e6163020018d14f86604ebd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ libqemustub.a: $(stub-obj-y)
 
 qemu-img.o: qemu-img-cmds.h
 
-tools-obj-y = $(oslib-obj-y) $(trace-obj-y) qemu-timer.o \
+tools-obj-y = $(util-obj-y) $(trace-obj-y) qemu-timer.o \
 	main-loop.o iohandler.o error.o
 tools-obj-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += compatfd.o
 
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ $(SRC_PATH)/qapi-schema.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py $(qapi-py)
 QGALIB_GEN=$(addprefix qga/qapi-generated/, qga-qapi-types.h qga-qapi-visit.h qga-qmp-commands.h)
 $(qga-obj-y) qemu-ga.o: $(QGALIB_GEN)
 
-qemu-ga$(EXESUF): $(qga-obj-y) $(oslib-obj-y) $(trace-obj-y) $(qapi-obj-y) $(qobject-obj-y) $(version-obj-y) libqemustub.a
+qemu-ga$(EXESUF): $(qga-obj-y) $(util-obj-y) $(trace-obj-y) $(qapi-obj-y) $(qobject-obj-y) $(version-obj-y) libqemustub.a
 	$(call LINK, $^)
 
 clean:
diff --git a/Makefile.objs b/Makefile.objs
index c64c0c69dad8e72be1f06384a06e0a4d6ca2365b..56d95e5d8e2e8b48baf535371dd7fc6efe4ccf3f 100644
--- a/Makefile.objs
+++ b/Makefile.objs
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ hw-core-obj-y += qemu-option.o
 universal-obj-y += $(hw-core-obj-y)
 
 #######################################################################
-# oslib-obj-y is code depending on the OS (win32 vs posix)
-oslib-obj-y = osdep.o cutils.o qemu-timer-common.o
-oslib-obj-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += oslib-win32.o qemu-thread-win32.o
-oslib-obj-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += oslib-posix.o qemu-thread-posix.o
+# util-obj-y is code depending on the OS (win32 vs posix)
+util-obj-y = osdep.o cutils.o qemu-timer-common.o
+util-obj-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += oslib-win32.o qemu-thread-win32.o
+util-obj-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += oslib-posix.o qemu-thread-posix.o
 
 #######################################################################
 # coroutines
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ common-obj-y = $(block-obj-y) blockdev.o blockdev-nbd.o block/
 common-obj-y += net/
 common-obj-y += qom/
 common-obj-y += readline.o
-common-obj-y += $(oslib-obj-y)
+common-obj-y += $(util-obj-y)
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += os-win32.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += os-posix.o
 
diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
index 5bfa4960801a0a96c0e7ce6b9192987ae2bb99a7..2534e77a115af39a6103c3c8c104d5894931ee09 100644
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ b/Makefile.target
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ ifdef CONFIG_LINUX_USER
 QEMU_CFLAGS+=-I$(SRC_PATH)/linux-user/$(TARGET_ABI_DIR) -I$(SRC_PATH)/linux-user
 
 obj-y += linux-user/
-obj-y += gdbstub.o thunk.o user-exec.o $(oslib-obj-y)
+obj-y += gdbstub.o thunk.o user-exec.o $(util-obj-y)
 
 endif #CONFIG_LINUX_USER
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ ifdef CONFIG_BSD_USER
 QEMU_CFLAGS+=-I$(SRC_PATH)/bsd-user -I$(SRC_PATH)/bsd-user/$(TARGET_ARCH)
 
 obj-y += bsd-user/
-obj-y += gdbstub.o user-exec.o $(oslib-obj-y)
+obj-y += gdbstub.o user-exec.o $(util-obj-y)
 
 endif #CONFIG_BSD_USER
 
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index cfd2d6aebd06d95684e4ff4820dd2cdb8ed4c818..693d137760dfa9f24efdb209f49280c4199b6ac3 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ TARGETS=$(patsubst %-softmmu,%, $(filter %-softmmu,$(TARGET_DIRS)))
 QTEST_TARGETS=$(foreach TARGET,$(TARGETS), $(if $(check-qtest-$(TARGET)-y), $(TARGET),))
 check-qtest-$(CONFIG_POSIX)=$(foreach TARGET,$(TARGETS), $(check-qtest-$(TARGET)-y))
 
-qtest-obj-y = tests/libqtest.o $(oslib-obj-y) libqemustub.a
+qtest-obj-y = tests/libqtest.o $(util-obj-y) libqemustub.a
 $(check-qtest-y): $(qtest-obj-y)
 
 .PHONY: check-help