diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/KonanLoweringPhases.kt b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/KonanLoweringPhases.kt
index c5372f9ab22..25c7e3d47e6 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/KonanLoweringPhases.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/KonanLoweringPhases.kt
@@ -444,10 +444,10 @@ internal val constantInliningPhase = makeKonanFileLoweringPhase(
         description = "Inline const fields reads",
 )
 
-internal val fileInitializersPhase = makeKonanFileLoweringPhase(
-        ::FileInitializersLowering,
-        name = "FileInitializers",
-        description = "Add calls to file initializers",
+internal val staticInitializersPhase = makeKonanFileLoweringPhase(
+        ::StaticInitializersLowering,
+        name = "StaticInitializers",
+        description = "Add calls to static initializers",
         prerequisite = setOf(expressionBodyTransformPhase)
 )
 
diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/ToplevelPhases.kt b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/ToplevelPhases.kt
index 79f27786778..4f4bb20ba33 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/ToplevelPhases.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/ToplevelPhases.kt
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ internal val allLoweringsPhase = SameTypeNamedCompilerPhase(
                         typeOperatorPhase,
                         expressionBodyTransformPhase,
                         constantInliningPhase,
-                        fileInitializersPhase,
+                        staticInitializersPhase,
                         bridgesPhase,
                         exportInternalAbiPhase,
                         useInternalAbiPhase,
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ internal val bitcodePhase = SameTypeNamedCompilerPhase(
                 buildDFGPhase then
                 devirtualizationAnalysisPhase then
                 dcePhase then
-                removeRedundantCallsToFileInitializersPhase then
+                removeRedundantCallsToStaticInitializersPhase then
                 devirtualizationPhase then
                 propertyAccessorInlinePhase then // Have to run after link dependencies phase, because fields
                                                  // from dependencies can be changed during lowerings.
@@ -568,13 +568,13 @@ internal fun PhaseConfig.konanPhasesConfig(config: KonanConfig) {
             disable(unboxInlinePhase)
             disable(inlineClassPropertyAccessorsPhase)
             disable(dcePhase)
-            disable(removeRedundantCallsToFileInitializersPhase)
+            disable(removeRedundantCallsToStaticInitializersPhase)
             disable(ghaPhase)
         }
         disableUnless(verifyBitcodePhase, config.needCompilerVerification || getBoolean(KonanConfigKeys.VERIFY_BITCODE))
 
-        disableUnless(fileInitializersPhase, config.propertyLazyInitialization)
-        disableUnless(removeRedundantCallsToFileInitializersPhase, config.propertyLazyInitialization)
+        disableUnless(staticInitializersPhase, config.propertyLazyInitialization)
+        disableUnless(removeRedundantCallsToStaticInitializersPhase, config.propertyLazyInitialization)
 
         disableUnless(removeRedundantSafepointsPhase, config.memoryModel == MemoryModel.EXPERIMENTAL)
 
diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/BitcodePhases.kt b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/BitcodePhases.kt
index d54f34863b2..0509d33e5e7 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/BitcodePhases.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/BitcodePhases.kt
@@ -170,9 +170,9 @@ internal val dcePhase = makeKonanModuleOpPhase(
         }
 )
 
-internal val removeRedundantCallsToFileInitializersPhase = makeKonanModuleOpPhase(
-        name = "RemoveRedundantCallsToFileInitializersPhase",
-        description = "Redundant file initializers calls removal",
+internal val removeRedundantCallsToStaticInitializersPhase = makeKonanModuleOpPhase(
+        name = "RemoveRedundantCallsToStaticInitializersPhase",
+        description = "Redundant static initializers calls removal",
         prerequisite = setOf(devirtualizationAnalysisPhase),
         op = { context, _ ->
             val moduleDFG = context.moduleDFG!!
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ internal val removeRedundantCallsToFileInitializersPhase = makeKonanModuleOpPhas
                     .mapNotNull { it.irFunction }
                     .toSet()
 
-            FileInitializersOptimization.removeRedundantCalls(context, callGraph, rootSet)
+            StaticInitializersOptimization.removeRedundantCalls(context, callGraph, rootSet)
         }
 )
 
diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/lower/FileInitializersLowering.kt b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/lower/StaticInitializersLowering.kt
similarity index 98%
rename from kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/lower/FileInitializersLowering.kt
rename to kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/lower/StaticInitializersLowering.kt
index 6b0457c6c06..6565f4fd624 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/lower/FileInitializersLowering.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/lower/StaticInitializersLowering.kt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ internal val IrField.shouldBeInitializedEagerly: Boolean
     }
 
 // TODO: ExplicitlyExported for IR proto are not longer needed.
-internal class FileInitializersLowering(val context: Context) : FileLoweringPass {
+internal class StaticInitializersLowering(val context: Context) : FileLoweringPass {
     override fun lower(irFile: IrFile) {
         var requireGlobalInitializer = false
         var requireThreadLocalInitializer = false
diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/optimizations/FileInitializersOptimization.kt b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/optimizations/StaticInitializersOptimization.kt
similarity index 99%
rename from kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/optimizations/FileInitializersOptimization.kt
rename to kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/optimizations/StaticInitializersOptimization.kt
index eaeca337125..1ac68fe05bb 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/optimizations/FileInitializersOptimization.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/optimizations/StaticInitializersOptimization.kt
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ import java.util.*
  * set after evaluating that expression.
  */
 
-internal object FileInitializersOptimization {
+internal object StaticInitializersOptimization {
     private class AnalysisResult(val functionsRequiringGlobalInitializerCall: Set<IrFunction>,
                                  val functionsRequiringThreadLocalInitializerCall: Set<IrFunction>,
                                  val callSitesRequiringGlobalInitializerCall: Set<IrFunctionAccessExpression>,