diff --git a/dispatch.ts b/dispatch.ts
index 859792b74b..c2a7a6ef78 100644
--- a/dispatch.ts
+++ b/dispatch.ts
@@ -26,10 +26,7 @@ export function pub(channel: string, payload: Uint8Array): null | ArrayBuffer {
 // Internal version of "pub".
 // TODO add internal version of "sub"
 // TODO rename to pubInternal()
-export function sendMsgFromObject(
-  channel: string,
-  obj: pb.IMsg
-): null | pb.Msg {
+export function sendMsg(channel: string, obj: pb.IMsg): null | pb.Msg {
   const msg = pb.Msg.fromObject(obj);
   const ui8 = pb.Msg.encode(msg).finish();
   const resBuf = pub(channel, ui8);
diff --git a/os.ts b/os.ts
index b2f9e93ba0..409c1186f2 100644
--- a/os.ts
+++ b/os.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 import { ModuleInfo } from "./types";
-import { sendMsgFromObject } from "./dispatch";
+import { sendMsg } from "./dispatch";
 
 export function exit(code = 0): void {
-  sendMsgFromObject("os", { exit: { code } });
+  sendMsg("os", { exit: { code } });
 }
 
 export function sourceCodeFetch(
   moduleSpecifier: string,
   containingFile: string
 ): ModuleInfo {
-  const res = sendMsgFromObject("os", {
+  const res = sendMsg("os", {
     sourceCodeFetch: { moduleSpecifier, containingFile }
   });
   return res.sourceCodeFetchRes;
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export function sourceCodeCache(
   sourceCode: string,
   outputCode: string
 ): void {
-  sendMsgFromObject("os", {
+  sendMsg("os", {
     sourceCodeCache: { filename, sourceCode, outputCode }
   });
 }
diff --git a/timers.ts b/timers.ts
index 117fde2a80..f5f039f1cd 100644
--- a/timers.ts
+++ b/timers.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export function setTimeout(cb: TimerCallback, duration: number): number {
     cb
   };
   timers.set(timer.id, timer);
-  dispatch.sendMsgFromObject("timers", {
+  dispatch.sendMsg("timers", {
     timerStart: {
       id: timer.id,
       interval: false,