bb_applet_name -> applet_name
diff --git a/applets/applets.c b/applets/applets.c
index d5b2672..d615ffc 100644
--- a/applets/applets.c
+++ b/applets/applets.c
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@
 	/* Do a binary search to find the applet entry given the name. */
 	applet_using = find_applet_by_name(name);
 	if (applet_using) {
-		bb_applet_name = applet_using->name;
+		applet_name = applet_using->name;
 		if(argc==2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "--help")) bb_show_usage();
 		if(ENABLE_FEATURE_SUID) check_suid(applet_using);
 		exit((*(applet_using->main))(argc, argv));
diff --git a/applets/busybox.c b/applets/busybox.c
index 53eb363..625a492 100644
--- a/applets/busybox.c
+++ b/applets/busybox.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 #include "busybox.h"
 
-const char *bb_applet_name ATTRIBUTE_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
+const char *applet_name ATTRIBUTE_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_INSTALLER
 /*
@@ -59,16 +59,16 @@
 {
 	const char *s;
 
-	bb_applet_name=argv[0];
-	if (*bb_applet_name == '-') bb_applet_name++;
-	for (s = bb_applet_name; *s ;)
-		if (*(s++) == '/') bb_applet_name = s;
+	applet_name=argv[0];
+	if (*applet_name == '-') applet_name++;
+	for (s = applet_name; *s ;)
+		if (*(s++) == '/') applet_name = s;
 
 	/* Set locale for everybody except `init' */
 	if(ENABLE_LOCALE_SUPPORT && getpid() != 1)
 		setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
 
-	run_applet_by_name(bb_applet_name, argc, argv);
+	run_applet_by_name(applet_name, argc, argv);
 	bb_error_msg_and_die("applet not found");
 }
 
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@
 
 	if (argc==1 || !strcmp(argv[1],"--help") ) {
 		if (argc>2) {
-			run_applet_by_name(bb_applet_name=argv[2], 2, argv);
+			applet_name = argv[2];
+			run_applet_by_name(applet_name, 2, argv);
 		} else {
 			const struct BB_applet *a;
 			int col, output_width;
diff --git a/applets/individual.c b/applets/individual.c
index 911f760..b5d1e12 100644
--- a/applets/individual.c
+++ b/applets/individual.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * Licensed under GPL version 2, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details
  */
 
-const char *bb_applet_name;
+const char *applet_name;
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	bb_applet_name=argv[0];
+	applet_name=argv[0];
 
 	return APPLET_main(argc,argv);
 }
diff --git a/archival/bunzip2.c b/archival/bunzip2.c
index faf997b..85f2343 100644
--- a/archival/bunzip2.c
+++ b/archival/bunzip2.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/* if called as bzcat force the stdout flag */
-	if ((opt & BUNZIP2_OPT_STDOUT) || bb_applet_name[2] == 'c')
+	if ((opt & BUNZIP2_OPT_STDOUT) || applet_name[2] == 'c')
 		filename = 0;
 
 	/* Check that the input is sane.  */
diff --git a/archival/gunzip.c b/archival/gunzip.c
index 1cde08b..396ce4f 100644
--- a/archival/gunzip.c
+++ b/archival/gunzip.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 	opt = getopt32(argc, argv, "cftdv");
 	/* if called as zcat */
-	if (strcmp(bb_applet_name, "zcat") == 0) {
+	if (strcmp(applet_name, "zcat") == 0) {
 		opt |= GUNZIP_OPT_STDOUT;
 	}
 
diff --git a/archival/unlzma.c b/archival/unlzma.c
index 20891e3..46fbefd 100644
--- a/archival/unlzma.c
+++ b/archival/unlzma.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/* if called as lzmacat force the stdout flag */
-	if ((opt & UNLZMA_OPT_STDOUT) || bb_applet_name[4] == 'c')
+	if ((opt & UNLZMA_OPT_STDOUT) || applet_name[4] == 'c')
 		filename = 0;
 
 	if (filename) {
diff --git a/coreutils/cut.c b/coreutils/cut.c
index 30dbc02..69f28fa 100644
--- a/coreutils/cut.c
+++ b/coreutils/cut.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 /* option vars */
 static const char optstring[] = "b:c:f:d:sn";
+
 #define CUT_OPT_BYTE_FLGS	(1<<0)
 #define CUT_OPT_CHAR_FLGS	(1<<1)
 #define CUT_OPT_FIELDS_FLGS	(1<<2)
diff --git a/coreutils/dos2unix.c b/coreutils/dos2unix.c
index a8038a6..1ed8771 100644
--- a/coreutils/dos2unix.c
+++ b/coreutils/dos2unix.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 	int o;
 
 	/* See if we are supposed to be doing dos2unix or unix2dos */
-	if (bb_applet_name[0] == 'd') {
+	if (applet_name[0] == 'd') {
 		ConvType = CT_DOS2UNIX;	/*2 */
 	} else {
 		ConvType = CT_UNIX2DOS;	/*1 */
diff --git a/docs/busybox.net/FAQ.html b/docs/busybox.net/FAQ.html
index af20366..2865ba1 100644
--- a/docs/busybox.net/FAQ.html
+++ b/docs/busybox.net/FAQ.html
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@
 applets.</p>
 
 <p>Busybox execution starts with the main() function in applets/busybox.c,
-which sets the global variable bb_applet_name to argv[0] and calls
+which sets the global variable applet_name to argv[0] and calls
 run_applet_by_name() in applets/applets.c.  That uses the applets[] array
 (defined in include/busybox.h and filled out in include/applets.h) to
 transfer control to the appropriate APPLET_main() function (such as
diff --git a/e2fsprogs/mke2fs.c b/e2fsprogs/mke2fs.c
index 72ce574..f2cce75 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/mke2fs.c
+++ b/e2fsprogs/mke2fs.c
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@
 #endif
 
 	/* If called as mkfs.ext3, create a journal inode */
-	if (last_char_is(bb_applet_name, '3'))
+	if (last_char_is(applet_name, '3'))
 		journal_size = -1;
 
 	while ((c = getopt (argc, argv,
diff --git a/e2fsprogs/tune2fs.c b/e2fsprogs/tune2fs.c
index d64c128..9bd6f4c 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/tune2fs.c
+++ b/e2fsprogs/tune2fs.c
@@ -596,9 +596,9 @@
 	if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP)
 		atexit(tune2fs_clean_up);
 
-	if (ENABLE_FINDFS && (bb_applet_name[0] == 'f')) /* findfs */
+	if (ENABLE_FINDFS && (applet_name[0] == 'f')) /* findfs */
 		do_findfs(argc, argv);  /* no return */
-	else if (ENABLE_E2LABEL && (bb_applet_name[0] == 'e')) /* e2label */
+	else if (ENABLE_E2LABEL && (applet_name[0] == 'e')) /* e2label */
 		parse_e2label_options(argc, argv);
 	else
 		parse_tune2fs_options(argc, argv);  /* tune2fs */
diff --git a/findutils/grep.c b/findutils/grep.c
index 35e6aff..ce975e7 100644
--- a/findutils/grep.c
+++ b/findutils/grep.c
@@ -356,14 +356,14 @@
 	if (opt & GREP_OPT_f)
 		load_regexes_from_file(fopt);
 
-	if (ENABLE_FEATURE_GREP_FGREP_ALIAS && bb_applet_name[0] == 'f')
+	if (ENABLE_FEATURE_GREP_FGREP_ALIAS && applet_name[0] == 'f')
 		opt |= GREP_OPT_F;
 
 	if (!(opt & GREP_OPT_o))
 		reflags = REG_NOSUB;
 
 	if (ENABLE_FEATURE_GREP_EGREP_ALIAS &&
-			(bb_applet_name[0] == 'e' || (opt & GREP_OPT_E)))
+			(applet_name[0] == 'e' || (opt & GREP_OPT_E)))
 		reflags |= REG_EXTENDED;
 
 	if (opt & GREP_OPT_i)
diff --git a/findutils/xargs.c b/findutils/xargs.c
index 2783823..81997b6 100644
--- a/findutils/xargs.c
+++ b/findutils/xargs.c
@@ -523,12 +523,12 @@
 
 #ifdef TEST
 
-const char *bb_applet_name = "debug stuff usage";
+const char *applet_name = "debug stuff usage";
 
 void bb_show_usage(void)
 {
 	fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [-p] [-r] [-t] -[x] [-n max_arg] [-s max_chars]\n",
-		bb_applet_name);
+		applet_name);
 	exit(1);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/libbb.h b/include/libbb.h
index 4e96ea4..88847ac 100644
--- a/include/libbb.h
+++ b/include/libbb.h
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@
 	FILEUTILS_INTERACTIVE = 16
 };
 
-extern const char *bb_applet_name;
+extern const char *applet_name;
 
 extern const char bb_msg_full_version[];
 extern const char bb_msg_memory_exhausted[];
diff --git a/init/halt.c b/init/halt.c
index d796a4a..2ac210e 100644
--- a/init/halt.c
+++ b/init/halt.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 	int which, flags, rc = 1;
 
 	/* Figure out which applet we're running */
-	for(which=0;delay[which]!=*bb_applet_name;which++);
+	for(which=0;delay[which]!=*applet_name;which++);
 
 	/* Parse and handle arguments */
 	flags = getopt32(argc, argv, "d:nf", &delay);
diff --git a/init/init.c b/init/init.c
index d7d14a2..8257b7f 100644
--- a/init/init.c
+++ b/init/init.c
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
 	/* Log the message to syslogd */
 	if (device & LOG) {
 		/* don`t out "\r\n" */
-		openlog(bb_applet_name, 0, LOG_DAEMON);
+		openlog(applet_name, 0, LOG_DAEMON);
 		syslog(LOG_INFO, "%s", msg + 1);
 		closelog();
 	}
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@
 #if !ENABLE_DEBUG_INIT
 	/* Expect to be invoked as init with PID=1 or be invoked as linuxrc */
 	if (getpid() != 1 &&
-		(!ENABLE_FEATURE_INITRD || !strstr(bb_applet_name, "linuxrc")))
+		(!ENABLE_FEATURE_INITRD || !strstr(applet_name, "linuxrc")))
 	{
 		bb_show_usage();
 	}
diff --git a/init/init_shared.c b/init/init_shared.c
index 5e46abf..47480fc 100644
--- a/init/init_shared.c
+++ b/init/init_shared.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #endif
 	reboot(RB_ENABLE_CAD);
 
-	openlog(bb_applet_name, 0, pri);
+	openlog(applet_name, 0, pri);
 
 	message = "\nThe system is going down NOW !!";
 	syslog(pri, "%s", message);
diff --git a/libbb/copy_file.c b/libbb/copy_file.c
index d2794e7..bd9c9f7 100644
--- a/libbb/copy_file.c
+++ b/libbb/copy_file.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 
 		if (dest_exists) {
 			if (flags & FILEUTILS_INTERACTIVE) {
-				fprintf(stderr, "%s: overwrite `%s'? ", bb_applet_name, dest);
+				fprintf(stderr, "%s: overwrite `%s'? ", applet_name, dest);
 				if (!bb_ask_confirmation()) {
 					close (src_fd);
 					return 0;
diff --git a/libbb/remove_file.c b/libbb/remove_file.c
index 92534a1..509aa6a 100644
--- a/libbb/remove_file.c
+++ b/libbb/remove_file.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 		if ((!(flags & FILEUTILS_FORCE) && access(path, W_OK) < 0 &&
 					isatty(0)) ||
 				(flags & FILEUTILS_INTERACTIVE)) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "%s: descend into directory `%s'? ", bb_applet_name,
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s: descend into directory `%s'? ", applet_name,
 					path);
 			if (!bb_ask_confirmation())
 				return 0;
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 		}
 
 		if (flags & FILEUTILS_INTERACTIVE) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "%s: remove directory `%s'? ", bb_applet_name, path);
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s: remove directory `%s'? ", applet_name, path);
 			if (!bb_ask_confirmation())
 				return status;
 		}
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 					!S_ISLNK(path_stat.st_mode) &&
 					isatty(0)) ||
 				(flags & FILEUTILS_INTERACTIVE)) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "%s: remove `%s'? ", bb_applet_name, path);
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s: remove `%s'? ", applet_name, path);
 			if (!bb_ask_confirmation())
 				return 0;
 		}
diff --git a/libbb/verror_msg.c b/libbb/verror_msg.c
index e670d40..0f018c5 100644
--- a/libbb/verror_msg.c
+++ b/libbb/verror_msg.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 	if (logmode & LOGMODE_STDIO) {
 		fflush(stdout);
-		fprintf(stderr, "%s: ", bb_applet_name);
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: ", applet_name);
 		vfprintf(stderr, s, p);
 		if (!strerr)
 			fputs(msg_eol, stderr);
diff --git a/loginutils/deluser.c b/loginutils/deluser.c
index 0cd4671..f432068 100644
--- a/loginutils/deluser.c
+++ b/loginutils/deluser.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 	if (argc != 2) {
 		bb_show_usage();
 	} else {
-		if (ENABLE_DELUSER && bb_applet_name[3] == 'u') {
+		if (ENABLE_DELUSER && applet_name[3] == 'u') {
 			del_line_matching(argv[1], bb_path_passwd_file);
 			if (ENABLE_FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWDS)
 				del_line_matching(argv[1], bb_path_shadow_file);
diff --git a/loginutils/getty.c b/loginutils/getty.c
index 6730fa8..4b43684 100644
--- a/loginutils/getty.c
+++ b/loginutils/getty.c
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@
 	dup2(nullfd, 2);
 	if(nullfd > 2)
 		close(nullfd);
-	openlog(bb_applet_name, LOG_PID, LOG_AUTH);
+	openlog(applet_name, LOG_PID, LOG_AUTH);
 	logmode = LOGMODE_BOTH;
 
 #ifdef DEBUGGING
diff --git a/loginutils/login.c b/loginutils/login.c
index 1f392c1..8003922 100644
--- a/loginutils/login.c
+++ b/loginutils/login.c
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
 
 	bb_setpgrp;
 
-	openlog(bb_applet_name, LOG_PID | LOG_CONS | LOG_NOWAIT, LOG_AUTH);
+	openlog(applet_name, LOG_PID | LOG_CONS | LOG_NOWAIT, LOG_AUTH);
 
 	while (1) {
 		if (!username[0])
diff --git a/loginutils/su.c b/loginutils/su.c
index 7894201..a23ee93 100644
--- a/loginutils/su.c
+++ b/loginutils/su.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 		in this case resort to getpwuid.  */
 		old_user = xstrdup(USE_FEATURE_UTMP(getlogin() ? : ) (pw = getpwuid(cur_uid)) ? pw->pw_name : "");
 		tty = ttyname(2) ? : "none";
-		openlog(bb_applet_name, 0, LOG_AUTH);
+		openlog(applet_name, 0, LOG_AUTH);
 	}
 
 	pw = getpwnam(opt_username);
diff --git a/loginutils/sulogin.c b/loginutils/sulogin.c
index 6edd258..40eb5e9 100644
--- a/loginutils/sulogin.c
+++ b/loginutils/sulogin.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 	struct spwd *spwd;
 
 	logmode = LOGMODE_BOTH;
-	openlog(bb_applet_name, 0, LOG_AUTH);
+	openlog(applet_name, 0, LOG_AUTH);
 
 	if (getopt32 (argc, argv, "t:", &timeout_arg)) {
 		if (safe_strtoi(timeout_arg, &timeout)) {
diff --git a/miscutils/crond.c b/miscutils/crond.c
index 4f25486..db0cc2c 100644
--- a/miscutils/crond.c
+++ b/miscutils/crond.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
 	 */
 
 	crondlog("\011%s " VERSION " dillon, started, log level %d\n",
-			 bb_applet_name, LogLevel);
+			 applet_name, LogLevel);
 
 	SynchronizeDir();
 
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@
 static void startlogger(void)
 {
 	if (LogFile == 0) {
-		openlog(bb_applet_name, LOG_CONS | LOG_PID, LOG_CRON);
+		openlog(applet_name, LOG_CONS | LOG_PID, LOG_CRON);
 	}
 #if ENABLE_DEBUG_CROND_OPTION
 	else {				/* test logfile */
diff --git a/miscutils/devfsd.c b/miscutils/devfsd.c
index 0f36970..f1fee2c 100644
--- a/miscutils/devfsd.c
+++ b/miscutils/devfsd.c
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
 	ret = access ("/dev/log", F_OK);
 	if (ret == 0) {
-		openlog(bb_applet_name, 0, LOG_DAEMON);
+		openlog(applet_name, 0, LOG_DAEMON);
 		vsyslog( pri , fmt, ap);
 		/* Man: A trailing newline is added when needed. */
 		closelog();
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@
 	if ( print_version  || (DEVFSD_PROTOCOL_REVISION_DAEMON != proto_rev) )
 	{
 		bb_printf( "%s v%s\nDaemon %s:\t%d\nKernel-side %s:\t%d\n",
-					 bb_applet_name,DEVFSD_VERSION,bb_msg_proto_rev,
+					 applet_name,DEVFSD_VERSION,bb_msg_proto_rev,
 					 DEVFSD_PROTOCOL_REVISION_DAEMON,bb_msg_proto_rev, proto_rev);
 		if (DEVFSD_PROTOCOL_REVISION_DAEMON != proto_rev)
 			bb_error_msg_and_die( "%s mismatch!",bb_msg_proto_rev);
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@
 	if (sigaction (SIGHUP, &new_action, NULL) != 0 || sigaction (SIGUSR1, &new_action, NULL) != 0 )
 		devfsd_error_msg_and_die( "sigaction");
 
-	bb_printf("%s v%s  started for %s\n",bb_applet_name, DEVFSD_VERSION, mount_point);
+	bb_printf("%s v%s  started for %s\n",applet_name, DEVFSD_VERSION, mount_point);
 
 	/*  Set umask so that mknod(2), open(2) and mkdir(2) have complete control over permissions  */
 	umask (0);
diff --git a/networking/fakeidentd.c b/networking/fakeidentd.c
index 6070e5f..c8d3276 100644
--- a/networking/fakeidentd.c
+++ b/networking/fakeidentd.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
 int fakeidentd_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	/* This applet is an inetd-style daemon */
-	openlog(bb_applet_name, 0, LOG_DAEMON);
+	openlog(applet_name, 0, LOG_DAEMON);
 	logmode = LOGMODE_SYSLOG;
 
 	memset(conns, 0, sizeof(conns));
diff --git a/networking/ftpgetput.c b/networking/ftpgetput.c
index 25b7f14..4928541 100644
--- a/networking/ftpgetput.c
+++ b/networking/ftpgetput.c
@@ -288,10 +288,10 @@
 	int (*ftp_action)(ftp_host_info_t *, FILE *, const char *, char *) = NULL;
 
 	/* Check to see if the command is ftpget or ftput */
-	if (ENABLE_FTPPUT && (!ENABLE_FTPGET || bb_applet_name[3] == 'p')) {
+	if (ENABLE_FTPPUT && (!ENABLE_FTPGET || applet_name[3] == 'p')) {
 		ftp_action = ftp_send;
 	}
-	if (ENABLE_FTPGET && (!ENABLE_FTPPUT || bb_applet_name[3] == 'g')) {
+	if (ENABLE_FTPGET && (!ENABLE_FTPPUT || applet_name[3] == 'g')) {
 		ftp_action = ftp_receive;
 	}
 
diff --git a/networking/ifupdown.c b/networking/ifupdown.c
index f342875..6334cbc 100644
--- a/networking/ifupdown.c
+++ b/networking/ifupdown.c
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@
 	int any_failures = 0;
 	int i;
 
-	if (bb_applet_name[2] == 'u') {
+	if (applet_name[2] == 'u') {
 		/* ifup command */
 		cmds = iface_up;
 	} else {
diff --git a/networking/inetd.c b/networking/inetd.c
index 350f91d..e22115a 100644
--- a/networking/inetd.c
+++ b/networking/inetd.c
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@
 	LastArg = envp[-1] + strlen(envp[-1]);
 #endif
 
-	openlog(bb_applet_name, LOG_PID | LOG_NOWAIT, LOG_DAEMON);
+	openlog(applet_name, LOG_PID | LOG_NOWAIT, LOG_DAEMON);
 
 	opt = getopt32(argc, argv, "R:f", &stoomany);
 	if(opt & 1) {
diff --git a/networking/nameif.c b/networking/nameif.c
index 146ecce..f60a97e 100644
--- a/networking/nameif.c
+++ b/networking/nameif.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 	mactable_t *ch;
 
 	if (1 & getopt32(argc, argv, "sc:", &fname)) {
-		openlog(bb_applet_name, 0, LOG_LOCAL0);
+		openlog(applet_name, 0, LOG_LOCAL0);
 		logmode = LOGMODE_SYSLOG;
 	}
 
diff --git a/networking/telnetd.c b/networking/telnetd.c
index 808d4be..1c4dede 100644
--- a/networking/telnetd.c
+++ b/networking/telnetd.c
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@
 	 * look into syslog for all errors, even early ones.
 	 * Direct all output to syslog at once.
 	 */
-	openlog(bb_applet_name, 0, LOG_USER);
+	openlog(applet_name, 0, LOG_USER);
 	logmode = LOGMODE_SYSLOG;
 
 	opt = getopt32(argc, argv, "f:l:" USE_FEATURE_TELNETD_INETD("p:b:"),
diff --git a/networking/traceroute.c b/networking/traceroute.c
index 042cbe3..4af5236 100644
--- a/networking/traceroute.c
+++ b/networking/traceroute.c
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@
 		if (cc < 0)
 			bb_perror_msg_and_die("sendto");
 		printf("%s: wrote %s %d chars, ret=%d\n",
-		    bb_applet_name, hostname, packlen, cc);
+		    applet_name, hostname, packlen, cc);
 		(void)fflush(stdout);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/networking/udhcp/common.c b/networking/udhcp/common.c
index c34b3de..ca0c79b 100644
--- a/networking/udhcp/common.c
+++ b/networking/udhcp/common.c
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@
 	setlinebuf(stdout);
 
 	if (ENABLE_FEATURE_UDHCP_SYSLOG) {
-		openlog(bb_applet_name, LOG_PID, LOG_LOCAL0);
+		openlog(applet_name, LOG_PID, LOG_LOCAL0);
 		logmode |= LOGMODE_SYSLOG;
 	}
 
-	bb_info_msg("%s (v%s) started", bb_applet_name, BB_VER);
+	bb_info_msg("%s (v%s) started", applet_name, BB_VER);
 }
diff --git a/networking/zcip.c b/networking/zcip.c
index d9c1adf..6bd7f25 100644
--- a/networking/zcip.c
+++ b/networking/zcip.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
 	if (!FOREGROUND) {
 		/* Do it early, before all bb_xx_msg calls */
 		logmode = LOGMODE_SYSLOG;
-		openlog(bb_applet_name, 0, LOG_DAEMON);
+		openlog(applet_name, 0, LOG_DAEMON);
 	}
 	if (opts & 4) { // -r n.n.n.n
 		if (inet_aton(r_opt, &ip) == 0
diff --git a/procps/kill.c b/procps/kill.c
index fe9b242..2408a70 100644
--- a/procps/kill.c
+++ b/procps/kill.c
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
 	char *arg;
 	pid_t pid;
 	int signo = SIGTERM, errors = 0, quiet = 0;
-	const int killall = (ENABLE_KILLALL && bb_applet_name[4]=='a'
-	               && (!ENABLE_KILLALL5 || bb_applet_name[7]!='5'));
-	const int killall5 = (ENABLE_KILLALL5 && bb_applet_name[4]=='a'
-	                  && (!ENABLE_KILLALL || bb_applet_name[7]=='5'));
+	const int killall = (ENABLE_KILLALL && applet_name[4]=='a'
+	               && (!ENABLE_KILLALL5 || applet_name[7]!='5'));
+	const int killall5 = (ENABLE_KILLALL5 && applet_name[4]=='a'
+	                  && (!ENABLE_KILLALL || applet_name[7]=='5'));
 
 	/* Parse any options */
 	argc--;
diff --git a/runit/chpst.c b/runit/chpst.c
index ced2838..1ee9b8d 100644
--- a/runit/chpst.c
+++ b/runit/chpst.c
@@ -230,10 +230,10 @@
 
 int chpst_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	if (bb_applet_name[3] == 'd') envdir(argc, argv);
-	if (bb_applet_name[1] == 'o') softlimit(argc, argv);
-	if (bb_applet_name[0] == 's') setuidgid(argc, argv);
-	if (bb_applet_name[0] == 'e') envuidgid(argc, argv);
+	if (applet_name[3] == 'd') envdir(argc, argv);
+	if (applet_name[1] == 'o') softlimit(argc, argv);
+	if (applet_name[0] == 's') setuidgid(argc, argv);
+	if (applet_name[0] == 'e') envuidgid(argc, argv);
         // otherwise we are.......... chpst
 
 	{
diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index 7d4da43..0d9fa7f 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -3753,7 +3753,7 @@
 		while (*c != NULL) {
 			c++; argc++;
 		}
-		bb_applet_name = cmd;
+		applet_name = cmd;
 		exit(a->main(argc, argv));
 	}
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_STANDALONE_SHELL
@@ -13658,7 +13658,7 @@
 
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
-const char *bb_applet_name = "debug stuff usage";
+const char *applet_name = "debug stuff usage";
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	return ash_main(argc, argv);
diff --git a/shell/cmdedit.c b/shell/cmdedit.c
index 9a57f75..a9fc847 100644
--- a/shell/cmdedit.c
+++ b/shell/cmdedit.c
@@ -1892,7 +1892,7 @@
 
 #ifdef TEST
 
-const char *bb_applet_name = "debug stuff usage";
+const char *applet_name = "debug stuff usage";
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_NONPRINTABLE_INVERSE_PUT
 #include <locale.h>
diff --git a/shell/lash.c b/shell/lash.c
index 9c862a1..c499612 100644
--- a/shell/lash.c
+++ b/shell/lash.c
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@
 	/* Check if the command matches any of the forking builtins. */
 	for (x = bltins_forking; x->cmd; x++) {
 		if (strcmp(child->argv[0], x->cmd) == 0) {
-			bb_applet_name=x->cmd;
+			applet_name=x->cmd;
 			_exit (x->function(child));
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/util-linux/freeramdisk.c b/util-linux/freeramdisk.c
index 5d110bc..2293d3e 100644
--- a/util-linux/freeramdisk.c
+++ b/util-linux/freeramdisk.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 	fd = xopen(argv[1], O_RDWR);
 
 	// Act like freeramdisk, fdflush, or both depending on configuration.
-	result = ioctl(fd, (ENABLE_FREERAMDISK && bb_applet_name[1]=='r')
+	result = ioctl(fd, (ENABLE_FREERAMDISK && applet_name[1]=='r')
 			|| !ENABLE_FDFLUSH ? BLKFLSBUF : FDFLUSH);
 
 	if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP) close(fd);
diff --git a/util-linux/fsck_minix.c b/util-linux/fsck_minix.c
index c0dda2f..a2ca7a5 100644
--- a/util-linux/fsck_minix.c
+++ b/util-linux/fsck_minix.c
@@ -1343,7 +1343,7 @@
 	 * flags and whether or not the -f switch was specified on the
 	 * command line.
 	 */
-	printf("%s, %s\n", bb_applet_name, program_version);
+	printf("%s, %s\n", applet_name, program_version);
 	if (!(Super.s_state & MINIX_ERROR_FS) &&
 		(Super.s_state & MINIX_VALID_FS) && !force) {
 		if (repair)
diff --git a/util-linux/mount.c b/util-linux/mount.c
index 899bf85..141517b 100644
--- a/util-linux/mount.c
+++ b/util-linux/mount.c
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@
 	dup2(fd, 2);
 	if (fd > 2) close(fd);
 	setsid();
-	openlog(bb_applet_name, LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON);
+	openlog(applet_name, LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON);
 	logmode = LOGMODE_SYSLOG;
 	return 1;
 }
diff --git a/util-linux/swaponoff.c b/util-linux/swaponoff.c
index 4fcb239..8434d12 100644
--- a/util-linux/swaponoff.c
+++ b/util-linux/swaponoff.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 		if (st.st_blocks * 512 < st.st_size)
 			bb_error_msg_and_die("swap file has holes");
 
-	if (bb_applet_name[5] == 'n')
+	if (applet_name[5] == 'n')
 		status = swapon(device, 0);
 	else
 		status = swapoff(device);