diff --git a/lix/libstore/legacy-ssh-store.cc b/lix/libstore/legacy-ssh-store.cc
index 5a939f2a6..9e9ed2442 100644
--- a/lix/libstore/legacy-ssh-store.cc
+++ b/lix/libstore/legacy-ssh-store.cc
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ struct LegacySSHStore final : public Store
 
     struct Connection
     {
-        std::unique_ptr<SSHMaster::Connection> sshConn;
+        std::unique_ptr<SSH::Connection> sshConn;
         FdSink to;
         FdSource from;
         ServeProto::Version remoteVersion;
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ struct LegacySSHStore final : public Store
 
     ref<Pool<Connection>> connections;
 
-    SSHMaster master;
+    SSH ssh;
 
     static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes() { return {"ssh"}; }
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ struct LegacySSHStore final : public Store
             [this]() { return openConnection(); },
             [](const ref<Connection> & r) { return r->good; }
             ))
-        , master(
+        , ssh(
             host,
             config_.port,
             config_.sshKey,
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ struct LegacySSHStore final : public Store
     ref<Connection> openConnection()
     {
         auto conn = make_ref<Connection>();
-        conn->sshConn = master.startCommand(
+        conn->sshConn = ssh.startCommand(
             fmt("%s --serve --write", config_.remoteProgram)
             + (config_.remoteStore.get() == ""
                    ? ""
diff --git a/lix/libstore/ssh-store.cc b/lix/libstore/ssh-store.cc
index 0a3fa0706..208084473 100644
--- a/lix/libstore/ssh-store.cc
+++ b/lix/libstore/ssh-store.cc
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public:
         , RemoteStore(config)
         , config_(std::move(config))
         , host(host)
-        , master(
+        , ssh(
             host,
             config_.port,
             config_.sshKey,
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ protected:
 
     struct Connection : RemoteStore::Connection
     {
-        std::unique_ptr<SSHMaster::Connection> sshConn;
+        std::unique_ptr<SSH::Connection> sshConn;
 
         void closeWrite() override
         {
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ protected:
 
     std::string host;
 
-    SSHMaster master;
+    SSH ssh;
 
     void setOptions(RemoteStore::Connection & conn) override
     {
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ ref<RemoteStore::Connection> SSHStore::openConnection()
     if (config_.remoteStore.get() != "")
         command += " --store " + shellEscape(config_.remoteStore.get());
 
-    conn->sshConn = master.startCommand(command);
+    conn->sshConn = ssh.startCommand(command);
     conn->to = FdSink(conn->sshConn->in.get());
     conn->from = FdSource(conn->sshConn->out.get());
     return conn;
diff --git a/lix/libstore/ssh.cc b/lix/libstore/ssh.cc
index 8311b2c8a..80c11aea7 100644
--- a/lix/libstore/ssh.cc
+++ b/lix/libstore/ssh.cc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 namespace nix {
 
-SSHMaster::SSHMaster(const std::string & host, const std::optional<uint16_t> port, const std::string & keyFile, const std::string & sshPublicHostKey, bool compress, int logFD)
+SSH::SSH(const std::string & host, const std::optional<uint16_t> port, const std::string & keyFile, const std::string & sshPublicHostKey, bool compress, int logFD)
     : host(host)
     , port(port)
     , fakeSSH(host == "localhost")
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ SSHMaster::SSHMaster(const std::string & host, const std::optional<uint16_t> por
     state->tmpDir = std::make_unique<AutoDelete>(createTempDir("", "nix", true, true, 0700));
 }
 
-void SSHMaster::addCommonSSHOpts(Strings & args)
+void SSH::addCommonSSHOpts(Strings & args)
 {
     auto state(state_.lock());
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ void SSHMaster::addCommonSSHOpts(Strings & args)
         args.push_back("-C");
 }
 
-std::unique_ptr<SSHMaster::Connection> SSHMaster::startCommand(const std::string & command)
+std::unique_ptr<SSH::Connection> SSH::startCommand(const std::string & command)
 {
     Pipe in, out;
     in.create();
diff --git a/lix/libstore/ssh.hh b/lix/libstore/ssh.hh
index 31d6dd576..d8a42dd57 100644
--- a/lix/libstore/ssh.hh
+++ b/lix/libstore/ssh.hh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 namespace nix {
 
-class SSHMaster
+class SSH
 {
 private:
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ private:
 
 public:
 
-    SSHMaster(const std::string & host, const std::optional<uint16_t> port, const std::string & keyFile, const std::string & sshPublicHostKey, bool compress, int logFD = -1);
+    SSH(const std::string & host, const std::optional<uint16_t> port, const std::string & keyFile, const std::string & sshPublicHostKey, bool compress, int logFD = -1);
 
     struct Connection
     {