diff --git a/modules/badges.py b/modules/badges.py
index 631e7ccd..5aa16015 100644
--- a/modules/badges.py
+++ b/modules/badges.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ HUMAN_FORMAT_HELP = "year-month-day (e.g. 2018-12-29)"
 class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
     def _parse_date(self, dt: str):
         if dt.lower() == "today":
-            return utils.datetime.datetime_utcnow()
+            return utils.datetime.utcnow()
         else:
             match = RE_HUMAN_FORMAT.match(dt)
             if not match:
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
         badge_lower = badge.lower()
         badges = self._get_badges(event["user"])
 
-        now = self._round_up_day(utils.datetime.datetime_utcnow())
+        now = self._round_up_day(utils.datetime.utcnow())
 
         found_badge = self._find_badge(badges, badge)
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
         if event["args"]:
             user = event["server"].get_user(event["args_split"][0])
 
-        now = self._round_up_day(utils.datetime.datetime_utcnow())
+        now = self._round_up_day(utils.datetime.utcnow())
         badges = []
         for badge, date in self._get_badges(user).items():
             days_since = self._days_since(now,
diff --git a/modules/lastfm.py b/modules/lastfm.py
index ce69abcf..14e9128a 100644
--- a/modules/lastfm.py
+++ b/modules/lastfm.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
                     np = True
                 else:
                     played = int(now_playing["date"]["uts"])
-                    dt = utils.datetime.datetime_utcnow()
+                    dt = utils.datetime.utcnow()
                     np = bool((dt.timestamp()-played) < 120)
 
                 time_language = "is listening to" if np else "last listened to"
diff --git a/src/LockFile.py b/src/LockFile.py
index 309e8e87..54ff6284 100644
--- a/src/LockFile.py
+++ b/src/LockFile.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class LockFile(PollHook.PollHook):
         self._next_lock = None
 
     def available(self):
-        now = utils.datetime.datetime_utcnow()
+        now = utils.datetime.utcnow()
         if os.path.exists(self._filename):
             with open(self._filename, "r") as lock_file:
                 timestamp_str = lock_file.read().strip().split(" ", 1)[0]
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ class LockFile(PollHook.PollHook):
 
     def lock(self):
         with open(self._filename, "w") as lock_file:
-            last_lock = utils.datetime.datetime_utcnow()
+            last_lock = utils.datetime.utcnow()
             lock_file.write("%s" % utils.datetime.iso8601_format(last_lock))
             self._next_lock = last_lock+datetime.timedelta(
                 seconds=EXPIRATION/2)
 
     def next(self):
         return max(0,
-            (self._next_lock-utils.datetime.datetime_utcnow()).total_seconds())
+            (self._next_lock-utils.datetime.utcnow()).total_seconds())
     def call(self):
         self.lock()
 
diff --git a/src/utils/datetime.py b/src/utils/datetime.py
index 0fac2bb3..3ed03088 100644
--- a/src/utils/datetime.py
+++ b/src/utils/datetime.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ISO8601_FORMAT_TZ = "%z"
 DATETIME_HUMAN = "%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S"
 DATE_HUMAN = "%Y-%m-%d"
 
-def datetime_utcnow() -> _datetime.datetime:
+def utcnow() -> _datetime.datetime:
     return _datetime.datetime.utcnow().replace(tzinfo=_datetime.timezone.utc)
 def datetime_timestamp(seconds: float) -> _datetime.datetime:
     return _datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(seconds).replace(
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def iso8601_format(dt: _datetime.datetime, milliseconds: bool=False) -> str:
 
     return "%s%s%s" % (dt_format, ms_format, tz_format)
 def iso8601_format_now(milliseconds: bool=False) -> str:
-    return iso8601_format(datetime_utcnow(), milliseconds=milliseconds)
+    return iso8601_format(utcnow(), milliseconds=milliseconds)
 def iso8601_parse(s: str, microseconds: bool=False) -> _datetime.datetime:
     fmt = ISO8601_PARSE_MICROSECONDS if microseconds else ISO8601_PARSE
     return _datetime.datetime.strptime(s, fmt)