diff --git a/daemon.py b/daemon.py
index 9c5c585dc..a955041c0 100644
--- a/daemon.py
+++ b/daemon.py
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ from utils import get_image_extensions
 from utils import media_file_mime_type
 from utils import getCSS
 from utils import first_paragraph_from_string
-from utils import clearFromPostCaches
+from utils import clear_from_post_caches
 from utils import contains_invalid_chars
 from utils import is_system_account
 from utils import set_config_param
@@ -4661,9 +4661,9 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                     # remove any previous cached news posts
                     newsId = remove_id_ending(post_json_object['object']['id'])
                     newsId = newsId.replace('/', '#')
-                    clearFromPostCaches(base_dir,
-                                        self.server.recent_posts_cache,
-                                        newsId)
+                    clear_from_post_caches(base_dir,
+                                           self.server.recent_posts_cache,
+                                           newsId)
 
                     # save the news post
                     save_json(post_json_object, post_filename)
diff --git a/newsdaemon.py b/newsdaemon.py
index 53595f57f..9ce35e0de 100644
--- a/newsdaemon.py
+++ b/newsdaemon.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ from utils import get_full_domain
 from utils import load_json
 from utils import save_json
 from utils import get_status_number
-from utils import clearFromPostCaches
+from utils import clear_from_post_caches
 from utils import dangerous_markup
 from utils import local_actor_url
 from inbox import storeHashTags
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ def _convertRSStoActivityPub(base_dir: str, http_prefix: str,
                           http_prefix, domain_full,
                           blog, translate)
 
-            clearFromPostCaches(base_dir, recent_posts_cache, post_id)
+            clear_from_post_caches(base_dir, recent_posts_cache, post_id)
             if save_json(blog, filename):
                 _updateFeedsOutboxIndex(base_dir, domain, post_id + '.json')
 
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index 680c17920..96e50e8fb 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -1296,8 +1296,8 @@ def locate_news_arrival(base_dir: str, domain: str,
     return None
 
 
-def clearFromPostCaches(base_dir: str, recent_posts_cache: {},
-                        post_id: str) -> None:
+def clear_from_post_caches(base_dir: str, recent_posts_cache: {},
+                           post_id: str) -> None:
     """Clears cached html for the given post, so that edits
     to news will appear
     """
@@ -1308,13 +1308,13 @@ def clearFromPostCaches(base_dir: str, recent_posts_cache: {},
                 continue
             if acct.startswith('inbox@'):
                 continue
-            cacheDir = os.path.join(base_dir + '/accounts', acct)
-            post_filename = cacheDir + filename
+            cache_dir = os.path.join(base_dir + '/accounts', acct)
+            post_filename = cache_dir + filename
             if os.path.isfile(post_filename):
                 try:
                     os.remove(post_filename)
                 except OSError:
-                    print('EX: clearFromPostCaches file not removed ' +
+                    print('EX: clear_from_post_caches file not removed ' +
                           str(post_filename))
             # if the post is in the recent posts cache then remove it
             if recent_posts_cache.get('index'):
@@ -1346,15 +1346,15 @@ def locate_post(base_dir: str, nickname: str, domain: str,
 
     # search boxes
     boxes = ('inbox', 'outbox', 'tlblogs')
-    accountDir = acct_dir(base_dir, nickname, domain) + '/'
+    account_dir = acct_dir(base_dir, nickname, domain) + '/'
     for boxName in boxes:
-        post_filename = accountDir + boxName + '/' + postUrl
+        post_filename = account_dir + boxName + '/' + postUrl
         if os.path.isfile(post_filename):
             return post_filename
 
     # check news posts
-    accountDir = base_dir + '/accounts/news' + '@' + domain + '/'
-    post_filename = accountDir + 'outbox/' + postUrl
+    account_dir = base_dir + '/accounts/news' + '@' + domain + '/'
+    post_filename = account_dir + 'outbox/' + postUrl
     if os.path.isfile(post_filename):
         return post_filename