diff --git a/src/window.c b/src/window.c
index f0f093d7..4691021f 100644
--- a/src/window.c
+++ b/src/window.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static void titlebarMouseDown(WCoreWindow *sender, void *data, XEvent *event);
 static void titlebarDblClick(WCoreWindow *sender, void *data, XEvent *event);
 static void resizebarMouseDown(WCoreWindow *sender, void *data, XEvent *event);
 
-static void remove_wwindowstate(WWindowState *wstate);
+static void release_wwindowstate(WWindowState *wstate);
 
 /****** Notification Observers ******/
 
@@ -2598,12 +2598,12 @@ void wWindowDeleteSavedState(WMagicNumber id)
 	tmp = windowState;
 	if (tmp == wstate) {
 		windowState = wstate->next;
-		remove_wwindowstate(wstate);
+		release_wwindowstate(wstate);
 	} else {
 		while (tmp->next) {
 			if (tmp->next == wstate) {
 				tmp->next = wstate->next;
-				remove_wwindowstate(wstate);
+				release_wwindowstate(wstate);
 				break;
 			}
 			tmp = tmp->next;
@@ -2623,13 +2623,13 @@ void wWindowDeleteSavedStatesForPID(pid_t pid)
 		wstate = windowState;
 		windowState = tmp->next;
 
-		remove_wwindowstate(wstate);
+		release_wwindowstate(wstate);
 	} else {
 		while (tmp->next) {
 			if (tmp->next->pid == pid) {
 				wstate = tmp->next;
 				tmp->next = wstate->next;
-				remove_wwindowstate(wstate);
+				release_wwindowstate(wstate);
 				break;
 			}
 			tmp = tmp->next;
@@ -2637,7 +2637,7 @@ void wWindowDeleteSavedStatesForPID(pid_t pid)
 	}
 }
 
-static void remove_wwindowstate(WWindowState *wstate)
+static void release_wwindowstate(WWindowState *wstate)
 {
 	if (wstate->instance)
 		wfree(wstate->instance);