diff --git a/qt/python/mantidqt/utils/async.py b/qt/python/mantidqt/utils/asynchronous.py
similarity index 100%
rename from qt/python/mantidqt/utils/async.py
rename to qt/python/mantidqt/utils/asynchronous.py
diff --git a/qt/python/mantidqt/utils/test/test_async.py b/qt/python/mantidqt/utils/test/test_async.py
index 0b38441ac53e1f4d27b96a88d99bd24c553c164a..45c1689005864f51f877625943ffd69e428c1364 100644
--- a/qt/python/mantidqt/utils/test/test_async.py
+++ b/qt/python/mantidqt/utils/test/test_async.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import unittest
 # 3rdparty imports
 
 # local imports
-from mantidqt.utils.async import AsyncTask, blocking_async_task
+from mantidqt.utils.asynchronous import AsyncTask, blocking_async_task
 
 
 class AsyncTaskTest(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class AsyncTaskTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(recv.task_exc, RuntimeError),
                         msg="Expected RuntimeError, found " + recv.task_exc.__class__.__name__)
         self.assertEqual(2, len(recv.task_exc_stack))
-        # line number of self.target in async.py
+        # line number of self.target in asynchronous.py
         self.assertEqual(93, recv.task_exc_stack[0][1])
         # line number of raise statement above
         self.assertEqual(94, recv.task_exc_stack[1][1])
diff --git a/qt/python/mantidqt/widgets/codeeditor/execution.py b/qt/python/mantidqt/widgets/codeeditor/execution.py
index 86e8192e565ebe7a32291c78c1dca897ed1c90a0..472150610cc825809ff3f02cb0a0fcd98d23a858 100644
--- a/qt/python/mantidqt/widgets/codeeditor/execution.py
+++ b/qt/python/mantidqt/widgets/codeeditor/execution.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from six import PY2, iteritems
 
 # local imports
 from mantidqt.widgets.codeeditor.inputsplitter import InputSplitter
-from mantidqt.utils.async import AsyncTask
+from mantidqt.utils.asynchronous import AsyncTask
 
 if PY2:
     from inspect import getargspec as getfullargspec
diff --git a/qt/python/mantidqt/widgets/jupyterconsole.py b/qt/python/mantidqt/widgets/jupyterconsole.py
index e10140011b6ad321b3d5cfbeba9e2c2b763e65d2..09c6acff2285b218de552ec74b70e158198c2056 100644
--- a/qt/python/mantidqt/widgets/jupyterconsole.py
+++ b/qt/python/mantidqt/widgets/jupyterconsole.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ except ImportError:
     from IPython.qt.inprocess import QtInProcessKernelManager
 
 # local imports
-from mantidqt.utils.async import blocking_async_task
+from mantidqt.utils.asynchronous import blocking_async_task
 
 
 class InProcessJupyterConsole(RichJupyterWidget):