diff --git a/crates/jit/src/instantiate.rs b/crates/jit/src/instantiate.rs
index 2680b1630682..e8ffc7550b7b 100644
--- a/crates/jit/src/instantiate.rs
+++ b/crates/jit/src/instantiate.rs
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ impl CompiledModule {
     }
 
     /// Return a reference to a module.
-    pub fn module_ref(&self) -> &Module {
+    pub fn module(&self) -> &Module {
         &self.module
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/runtime/src/debug_builtins.rs b/crates/runtime/src/debug_builtins.rs
index 57e7b16b7cac..3a6cfc8b81c2 100644
--- a/crates/runtime/src/debug_builtins.rs
+++ b/crates/runtime/src/debug_builtins.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn resolve_vmctx_memory_ptr(p: *const u32) -> *const u8 {
     );
     let handle = InstanceHandle::from_vmctx(VMCTX_AND_MEMORY.0);
     assert!(
-        VMCTX_AND_MEMORY.1 < handle.module_ref().local.memory_plans.len(),
+        VMCTX_AND_MEMORY.1 < handle.module().local.memory_plans.len(),
         "memory index for debugger is out of bounds"
     );
     let index = MemoryIndex::new(VMCTX_AND_MEMORY.1);
diff --git a/crates/runtime/src/instance.rs b/crates/runtime/src/instance.rs
index ba5600a296f7..4b446686bbec 100644
--- a/crates/runtime/src/instance.rs
+++ b/crates/runtime/src/instance.rs
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ impl Instance {
         unsafe { *self.signature_ids_ptr().add(index) }
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn module_ref(&self) -> &Module {
+    pub(crate) fn module(&self) -> &Module {
         &self.module
     }
 
@@ -934,8 +934,8 @@ impl InstanceHandle {
     }
 
     /// Return a reference to a module.
-    pub fn module_ref(&self) -> &Module {
-        self.instance().module_ref()
+    pub fn module(&self) -> &Module {
+        self.instance().module()
     }
 
     /// Lookup an export with the given name.
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/instance.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/instance.rs
index 3c38fce4ad1c..3eaa04b8deba 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/instance.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/instance.rs
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ fn instantiate(
         }
     }
 
-    if imports.len() != compiled_module.module_ref().imports.len() {
+    if imports.len() != compiled_module.module().imports.len() {
         bail!(
             "wrong number of imports provided, {} != {}",
             imports.len(),
-            compiled_module.module_ref().imports.len()
+            compiled_module.module().imports.len()
         );
     }
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ fn instantiate(
         instance
     };
 
-    let start_func = instance.handle.module_ref().start_func;
+    let start_func = instance.handle.module().start_func;
 
     // If a start function is present, invoke it. Make sure we use all the
     // trap-handling configuration in `store` as well.
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/module.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/module.rs
index 36dcc23a1d50..d9180f96def5 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/module.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/module.rs
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ impl Module {
     pub fn imports<'module>(
         &'module self,
     ) -> impl ExactSizeIterator<Item = ImportType<'module>> + 'module {
-        let module = self.inner.compiled.module_ref();
+        let module = self.inner.compiled.module();
         module
             .imports
             .iter()
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ impl Module {
     pub fn exports<'module>(
         &'module self,
     ) -> impl ExactSizeIterator<Item = ExportType<'module>> + 'module {
-        let module = self.inner.compiled.module_ref();
+        let module = self.inner.compiled.module();
         module.exports.iter().map(move |(name, entity_index)| {
             let r#type = EntityType::new(entity_index, module);
             ExportType::new(name, r#type)
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ impl Module {
     /// # }
     /// ```
     pub fn get_export<'module>(&'module self, name: &'module str) -> Option<ExternType> {
-        let module = self.inner.compiled.module_ref();
+        let module = self.inner.compiled.module();
         let entity_index = module.exports.get(name)?;
         Some(EntityType::new(entity_index, module).extern_type())
     }