diff --git a/daemon.py b/daemon.py
index 3879b28f1..377f4267f 100644
--- a/daemon.py
+++ b/daemon.py
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ from utils import replace_users_with_at
 from utils import local_actor_url
 from utils import is_float
 from utils import valid_password
-from utils import removeLineEndings
+from utils import remove_line_endings
 from utils import get_base_content_from_post
 from utils import acct_dir
 from utils import getImageExtensionFromMimeType
@@ -4968,9 +4968,9 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                     if fields.get('password') and \
                        fields.get('passwordconfirm'):
                         fields['password'] = \
-                            removeLineEndings(fields['password'])
+                            remove_line_endings(fields['password'])
                         fields['passwordconfirm'] = \
-                            removeLineEndings(fields['passwordconfirm'])
+                            remove_line_endings(fields['passwordconfirm'])
                         if valid_password(fields['password']) and \
                            fields['password'] == fields['passwordconfirm']:
                             # set password
diff --git a/person.py b/person.py
index d4c6a44c3..4373c0646 100644
--- a/person.py
+++ b/person.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ from media import processMetaData
 from utils import removeHtml
 from utils import containsInvalidChars
 from utils import replace_users_with_at
-from utils import removeLineEndings
+from utils import remove_line_endings
 from utils import removeDomainPort
 from utils import getStatusNumber
 from utils import get_full_domain
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ def _createPersonBase(base_dir: str, nickname: str, domain: str, port: int,
             print('EX: unable to save 2 ' + filename)
 
         if password:
-            password = removeLineEndings(password)
+            password = remove_line_endings(password)
             storeBasicCredentials(base_dir, nickname, password)
 
     return privateKeyPem, publicKeyPem, newPerson, webfingerEndpoint
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index 016a75c6f..36d5bb670 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -2945,7 +2945,7 @@ def validUrlPrefix(url: str) -> bool:
     return False
 
 
-def removeLineEndings(text: str) -> str:
+def remove_line_endings(text: str) -> str:
     """Removes any newline from the end of a string
     """
     text = text.replace('\n', '')