diff --git a/builtin/clean.c b/builtin/clean.c
index e53ea52d89..dee44fff6e 100644
--- a/builtin/clean.c
+++ b/builtin/clean.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static int remove_dirs(struct strbuf *path, const char *prefix, int force_flag,
 	if ((force_flag & REMOVE_DIR_KEEP_NESTED_GIT) &&
 	    is_nonbare_repository_dir(path)) {
 		if (!quiet) {
-			quote_path_relative(path->buf, prefix, &quoted);
+			quote_path(path->buf, prefix, &quoted);
 			printf(dry_run ?  _(msg_would_skip_git_dir) : _(msg_skip_git_dir),
 					quoted.buf);
 		}
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static int remove_dirs(struct strbuf *path, const char *prefix, int force_flag,
 		res = dry_run ? 0 : rmdir(path->buf);
 		if (res) {
 			int saved_errno = errno;
-			quote_path_relative(path->buf, prefix, &quoted);
+			quote_path(path->buf, prefix, &quoted);
 			errno = saved_errno;
 			warning_errno(_(msg_warn_remove_failed), quoted.buf);
 			*dir_gone = 0;
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static int remove_dirs(struct strbuf *path, const char *prefix, int force_flag,
 			if (remove_dirs(path, prefix, force_flag, dry_run, quiet, &gone))
 				ret = 1;
 			if (gone) {
-				quote_path_relative(path->buf, prefix, &quoted);
+				quote_path(path->buf, prefix, &quoted);
 				string_list_append(&dels, quoted.buf);
 			} else
 				*dir_gone = 0;
@@ -210,11 +210,11 @@ static int remove_dirs(struct strbuf *path, const char *prefix, int force_flag,
 		} else {
 			res = dry_run ? 0 : unlink(path->buf);
 			if (!res) {
-				quote_path_relative(path->buf, prefix, &quoted);
+				quote_path(path->buf, prefix, &quoted);
 				string_list_append(&dels, quoted.buf);
 			} else {
 				int saved_errno = errno;
-				quote_path_relative(path->buf, prefix, &quoted);
+				quote_path(path->buf, prefix, &quoted);
 				errno = saved_errno;
 				warning_errno(_(msg_warn_remove_failed), quoted.buf);
 				*dir_gone = 0;
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ static int remove_dirs(struct strbuf *path, const char *prefix, int force_flag,
 			*dir_gone = 1;
 		else {
 			int saved_errno = errno;
-			quote_path_relative(path->buf, prefix, &quoted);
+			quote_path(path->buf, prefix, &quoted);
 			errno = saved_errno;
 			warning_errno(_(msg_warn_remove_failed), quoted.buf);
 			*dir_gone = 0;
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static void pretty_print_dels(void)
 	struct column_options copts;
 
 	for_each_string_list_item(item, &del_list) {
-		qname = quote_path_relative(item->string, NULL, &buf);
+		qname = quote_path(item->string, NULL, &buf);
 		string_list_append(&list, qname);
 	}
 
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ static int ask_each_cmd(void)
 	for_each_string_list_item(item, &del_list) {
 		/* Ctrl-D should stop removing files */
 		if (!eof) {
-			qname = quote_path_relative(item->string, NULL, &buf);
+			qname = quote_path(item->string, NULL, &buf);
 			/* TRANSLATORS: Make sure to keep [y/N] as is */
 			printf(_("Remove %s [y/N]? "), qname);
 			if (git_read_line_interactively(&confirm) == EOF) {
@@ -1047,19 +1047,19 @@ int cmd_clean(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			if (remove_dirs(&abs_path, prefix, rm_flags, dry_run, quiet, &gone))
 				errors++;
 			if (gone && !quiet) {
-				qname = quote_path_relative(item->string, NULL, &buf);
+				qname = quote_path(item->string, NULL, &buf);
 				printf(dry_run ? _(msg_would_remove) : _(msg_remove), qname);
 			}
 		} else {
 			res = dry_run ? 0 : unlink(abs_path.buf);
 			if (res) {
 				int saved_errno = errno;
-				qname = quote_path_relative(item->string, NULL, &buf);
+				qname = quote_path(item->string, NULL, &buf);
 				errno = saved_errno;
 				warning_errno(_(msg_warn_remove_failed), qname);
 				errors++;
 			} else if (!quiet) {
-				qname = quote_path_relative(item->string, NULL, &buf);
+				qname = quote_path(item->string, NULL, &buf);
 				printf(dry_run ? _(msg_would_remove) : _(msg_remove), qname);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/builtin/grep.c b/builtin/grep.c
index f58979bc3f..9a91ad643a 100644
--- a/builtin/grep.c
+++ b/builtin/grep.c
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ static void grep_source_name(struct grep_opt *opt, const char *filename,
 	}
 
 	if (opt->relative && opt->prefix_length)
-		quote_path_relative(filename + tree_name_len, opt->prefix, out);
+		quote_path(filename + tree_name_len, opt->prefix, out);
 	else
 		quote_c_style(filename + tree_name_len, out, NULL, 0);
 
diff --git a/quote.c b/quote.c
index ced0245e80..7bb519c1a7 100644
--- a/quote.c
+++ b/quote.c
@@ -352,8 +352,7 @@ void write_name_quoted_relative(const char *name, const char *prefix,
 }
 
 /* quote path as relative to the given prefix */
-char *quote_path_relative(const char *in, const char *prefix,
-			  struct strbuf *out)
+char *quote_path(const char *in, const char *prefix, struct strbuf *out)
 {
 	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
 	const char *rel = relative_path(in, prefix, &sb);
diff --git a/quote.h b/quote.h
index fa09309cf6..837cb42a71 100644
--- a/quote.h
+++ b/quote.h
@@ -72,8 +72,7 @@ void write_name_quoted_relative(const char *name, const char *prefix,
 				FILE *fp, int terminator);
 
 /* quote path as relative to the given prefix */
-char *quote_path_relative(const char *in, const char *prefix,
-			  struct strbuf *out);
+char *quote_path(const char *in, const char *prefix, struct strbuf *out);
 
 /* quoting as a string literal for other languages */
 void perl_quote_buf(struct strbuf *sb, const char *src);
diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index bb0f9120de..6b87592856 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -259,8 +259,6 @@ static void wt_longstatus_print_trailer(struct wt_status *s)
 	status_printf_ln(s, color(WT_STATUS_HEADER, s), "%s", "");
 }
 
-#define quote_path quote_path_relative
-
 static const char *wt_status_unmerged_status_string(int stagemask)
 {
 	switch (stagemask) {