diff --git a/lib/pure/asynchttpserver.nim b/lib/pure/asynchttpserver.nim
index ff48a5761a..5c32389cc3 100644
--- a/lib/pure/asynchttpserver.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/asynchttpserver.nim
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ proc processClient(client: AsyncSocket, address: string,
     # GET /path HTTP/1.1
     # Header: val
     # \n
-    request.headers.resetStringTable(modeCaseInsensitive)
+    request.headers.clearStringTable(modeCaseInsensitive)
     request.hostname.shallowCopy(address)
     assert client != nil
     request.client = client
diff --git a/lib/pure/strtabs.nim b/lib/pure/strtabs.nim
index 05d8666c6a..125bee7061 100644
--- a/lib/pure/strtabs.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/strtabs.nim
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ proc newStringTable*(mode: StringTableMode): StringTableRef {.
   result.counter = 0
   newSeq(result.data, startSize)
 
-proc resetStringTable*(s: var StringTableRef, mode: StringTableMode) =
+proc clearStringTable*(s: StringTableRef, mode: StringTableMode) =
   ## resets a string table to be empty again.
   s.mode = mode
   s.counter = 0