diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java
index a787de7323a..b29eea959cc 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ public class ExpressionCodegen extends JetVisitor<StackValue, StackValue> implem
         }
         else {
             Type type = expressionType(expression);
-            Type targetType = type.equals(JET_TUPLE0_TYPE) ? type : OBJECT_TYPE;
+            Type targetType = type.equals(JET_UNIT_TYPE) ? type : OBJECT_TYPE;
 
             gen(expression, targetType);
 
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ public class ExpressionCodegen extends JetVisitor<StackValue, StackValue> implem
 
             markLineNumber(ifExpression);
             v.mark(elseLabel);
-            StackValue.putTuple0Instance(v);
+            StackValue.putUnitInstance(v);
 
             v.mark(end);
             return StackValue.onStack(targetType);
diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/StackValue.java b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/StackValue.java
index aa3fc92b067..0b39e9e4ff9 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/StackValue.java
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/StackValue.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.jet.codegen.state.JetTypeMapper;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.descriptors.*;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.psi.JetExpression;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.resolve.calls.model.ResolvedCall;
+import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.resolve.java.AsmTypeConstants;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.resolve.java.JvmClassName;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.resolve.java.JvmPrimitiveType;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.resolve.scopes.receivers.ReceiverValue;
@@ -235,15 +236,15 @@ public abstract class StackValue {
         }
         else if (fromType.getSort() == Type.VOID) {
             if (toType.getSort() == Type.OBJECT) {
-                putTuple0Instance(v);
+                putUnitInstance(v);
             }
             else {
                 pushDefaultPrimitiveValueOnStack(toType, v);
             }
         }
-        else if (toType.equals(JET_TUPLE0_TYPE)) {
+        else if (toType.equals(JET_UNIT_TYPE)) {
             pop(fromType, v);
-            putTuple0Instance(v);
+            putUnitInstance(v);
         }
         else if (toType.getSort() == Type.ARRAY) {
             v.checkcast(toType);
@@ -275,8 +276,8 @@ public abstract class StackValue {
         }
     }
 
-    public static void putTuple0Instance(InstructionAdapter v) {
-        v.visitFieldInsn(GETSTATIC, "jet/Tuple0", "VALUE", "Ljet/Tuple0;");
+    public static void putUnitInstance(InstructionAdapter v) {
+        v.visitFieldInsn(GETSTATIC, AsmTypeConstants.JET_UNIT_TYPE.getInternalName(), "VALUE", AsmTypeConstants.JET_UNIT_TYPE.getDescriptor());
     }
 
     protected void putAsBoolean(InstructionAdapter v) {
diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/intrinsics/UnitValue.java b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/intrinsics/UnitValue.java
index 473f923326d..ad3394f0268 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/intrinsics/UnitValue.java
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/intrinsics/UnitValue.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.psi.JetExpression;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
-import static org.jetbrains.jet.lang.resolve.java.AsmTypeConstants.JET_TUPLE0_TYPE;
+import static org.jetbrains.jet.lang.resolve.java.AsmTypeConstants.JET_UNIT_TYPE;
 
 public class UnitValue implements IntrinsicMethod {
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class UnitValue implements IntrinsicMethod {
             StackValue receiver,
             @NotNull GenerationState state
     ) {
-        v.getstatic(JET_TUPLE0_TYPE.getInternalName(), "VALUE", JET_TUPLE0_TYPE.getDescriptor());
+        v.getstatic(JET_UNIT_TYPE.getInternalName(), "VALUE", JET_UNIT_TYPE.getDescriptor());
         return StackValue.onStack(expectedType);
     }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/java/AsmTypeConstants.java b/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/java/AsmTypeConstants.java
index 2b6e592ca1e..f45992ea9c3 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/java/AsmTypeConstants.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/java/AsmTypeConstants.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class AsmTypeConstants {
     public static final Type JAVA_ARRAY_GENERIC_TYPE = getType(Object[].class);
 
     public static final Type JET_NOTHING_TYPE = Type.getObjectType("jet/Nothing");
-    public static final Type JET_TUPLE0_TYPE = Type.getObjectType("jet/Tuple0");
+    public static final Type JET_UNIT_TYPE = Type.getObjectType("jet/Unit");
     public static final Type JET_FUNCTION0_TYPE = Type.getObjectType("jet/Function0");
     public static final Type JET_FUNCTION1_TYPE = Type.getObjectType("jet/Function1");
     public static final Type JET_ITERATOR_TYPE = Type.getObjectType("jet/Iterator");
diff --git a/runtime/src/jet/Tuple0.java b/runtime/src/jet/Unit.java
similarity index 90%
rename from runtime/src/jet/Tuple0.java
rename to runtime/src/jet/Unit.java
index 042fbfbee4c..d0d674afdf6 100644
--- a/runtime/src/jet/Tuple0.java
+++ b/runtime/src/jet/Unit.java
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ package jet;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.rt.annotation.AssertInvisibleInResolver;
 
 @AssertInvisibleInResolver
-public class Tuple0 {
-    public static final Tuple0 VALUE = new Tuple0();
+public class Unit {
+    public static final Unit VALUE = new Unit();
 
-    private Tuple0() {
+    private Unit() {
     }
 
     @Override