diff --git a/src/vlib/node.c b/src/vlib/node.c
index 3838d95..ab3574b 100644
--- a/src/vlib/node.c
+++ b/src/vlib/node.c
@@ -72,32 +72,6 @@
   n->name_elog_string = elog_string (&vm->elog_main, "%v%c", n->name, 0);
 }
 
-static void
-vlib_worker_thread_node_rename (u32 node_index)
-{
-  int i;
-  vlib_main_t *vm;
-  vlib_node_t *n;
-
-  if (vec_len (vlib_mains) == 1)
-    return;
-
-  vm = vlib_mains[0];
-  n = vlib_get_node (vm, node_index);
-
-  ASSERT (vlib_get_thread_index () == 0);
-  ASSERT (*vlib_worker_threads->wait_at_barrier == 1);
-
-  for (i = 1; i < vec_len (vlib_mains); i++)
-    {
-      vlib_main_t *vm_worker = vlib_mains[i];
-      vlib_node_t *n_worker = vlib_get_node (vm_worker, node_index);
-
-      n_worker->name = n->name;
-      n_worker->name_elog_string = n->name_elog_string;
-    }
-}
-
 void
 vlib_node_rename (vlib_main_t * vm, u32 node_index, char *fmt, ...)
 {
@@ -115,7 +89,7 @@
   node_set_elog_name (vm, node_index);
 
   /* Propagate the change to all worker threads */
-  vlib_worker_thread_node_rename (node_index);
+  vlib_worker_thread_node_runtime_update ();
 }
 
 static void