diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index b6554eb71ef4eabfa36f127b6d9f6cfc1d5f9069..12313bcfa34aab4a601dfa693a265522b70b1536 100644
--- a/BUILD
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ grpc_cc_library(
         "src/core/lib/iomgr/executor/mpmcqueue.h",
         "src/core/lib/iomgr/executor/threadpool.h",
         "src/core/lib/iomgr/gethostname.h",
-        "src/core/lib/iomgr/gevent_util.h",
+        "src/core/lib/iomgr/python_util.h",
         "src/core/lib/iomgr/grpc_if_nametoindex.h",
         "src/core/lib/iomgr/internal_errqueue.h",
         "src/core/lib/iomgr/iocp_windows.h",
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/gevent_util.h b/src/core/lib/iomgr/python_util.h
similarity index 85%
rename from src/core/lib/iomgr/gevent_util.h
rename to src/core/lib/iomgr/python_util.h
index de30543e3a37d7b36a51e728116cafa26a518c0d..42174ab8d86cab3dd0e20d79fa1937f1d454e083 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/gevent_util.h
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/python_util.h
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
  *
  */
 
-#ifndef GRPC_CORE_LIB_IOMGR_GEVENT_UTIL_H
-#define GRPC_CORE_LIB_IOMGR_GEVENT_UTIL_H
+#ifndef GRPC_CORE_LIB_IOMGR_PYTHON_UTIL_H
+#define GRPC_CORE_LIB_IOMGR_PYTHON_UTIL_H
 
 #include <grpc/support/port_platform.h>
 
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 #include <grpc/status.h>
 #include "src/core/lib/iomgr/error.h"
 
-// These are only used by the gRPC Python extension for gevent
-// support.  They are easier to define here (rather than in Cython)
+// These are only used by the gRPC Python extensions.
+// They are easier to define here (rather than in Cython)
 // because Cython doesn't handle #defines well.
 
 grpc_error* grpc_socket_error(char* error) {
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/iomgr.pxd.pxi b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/iomgr.pxd.pxi
index 2f00bab3c0a5520572d7c695c5900d13c8ec7424..11ac401bfe44c3383e3120ae987fb3d47ed6557d 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/iomgr.pxd.pxi
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/iomgr.pxd.pxi
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ cdef extern from "src/core/lib/iomgr/error.h":
 
 # TODO(https://github.com/grpc/grpc/issues/20135) Change the filename
 # for something more meaningful.
-cdef extern from "src/core/lib/iomgr/gevent_util.h":
+cdef extern from "src/core/lib/iomgr/python_util.h":
   grpc_error* grpc_socket_error(char* error) 
   char* grpc_slice_buffer_start(grpc_slice_buffer* buffer, int i)
   int grpc_slice_buffer_length(grpc_slice_buffer* buffer, int i)