diff --git a/lib/pure/bitops.nim b/lib/pure/bitops.nim
index 6d3865e5d8..1b3838621c 100644
--- a/lib/pure/bitops.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/bitops.nim
@@ -27,9 +27,7 @@
 
 import macros
 import std/private/since
-from std/private/vmutils import forwardImpl, toUnsigned
-
-
+from std/private/bitops_utils import forwardImpl, toUnsigned
 
 func bitnot*[T: SomeInteger](x: T): T {.magic: "BitnotI".}
   ## Computes the `bitwise complement` of the integer `x`.
diff --git a/lib/std/private/vmutils.nim b/lib/std/private/bitops_utils.nim
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/std/private/vmutils.nim
rename to lib/std/private/bitops_utils.nim
diff --git a/lib/system/countbits_impl.nim b/lib/system/countbits_impl.nim
index 184f97bd47..020423e018 100644
--- a/lib/system/countbits_impl.nim
+++ b/lib/system/countbits_impl.nim
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 ## Contains the used algorithms for counting bits.
 
-from std/private/vmutils import forwardImpl, toUnsigned
+from std/private/bitops_utils import forwardImpl, toUnsigned
 
 
 const useBuiltins* = not defined(noIntrinsicsBitOpts)