diff --git a/core/genesis.go b/core/genesis.go
index 22f0fc4fec..65630d4ccf 100644
--- a/core/genesis.go
+++ b/core/genesis.go
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ func DefaultDevnetGenesisBlock() *Genesis {
 // DeveloperGenesisBlock returns the 'geth --dev' genesis block.
 func DeveloperGenesisBlock(period uint64, faucet common.Address) *Genesis {
 	// Override the default period to the user requested one
-	config := *params.AllXDPoSProtocolChanges
+	config := *params.AllDevChainProtocolChanges
 	config.XDPoS.Period = period
 
 	// Assemble and return the genesis with the precompiles and faucet pre-funded
diff --git a/ethclient/ethclient_test.go b/ethclient/ethclient_test.go
index 948848ae72..ba4f8fa0f3 100644
--- a/ethclient/ethclient_test.go
+++ b/ethclient/ethclient_test.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 var testChainConfig = func() *params.ChainConfig {
-	config := *params.AllXDPoSProtocolChanges
+	config := *params.AllDevChainProtocolChanges
 	if config.XDPoS != nil {
 		xdpos := *config.XDPoS
 		if xdpos.Period == 0 {
diff --git a/params/config.go b/params/config.go
index dd2b6405c9..93ddd0f123 100644
--- a/params/config.go
+++ b/params/config.go
@@ -341,12 +341,12 @@ var (
 		XDPoS:               nil,
 	}
 
-	// AllXDPoSProtocolChanges contains every protocol change (EIPs) introduced
+	// AllDevChainProtocolChanges contains every protocol change (EIPs) introduced
 	// and accepted by the Ethereum core developers into the XDPoS consensus.
 	//
 	// This configuration is intentionally not using keyed fields to force anyone
 	// adding flags to the config to also have to set these fields.
-	AllXDPoSProtocolChanges = &ChainConfig{
+	AllDevChainProtocolChanges = &ChainConfig{
 		ChainID:             big.NewInt(1337),
 		HomesteadBlock:      big.NewInt(0),
 		DAOForkBlock:        nil,