diff --git a/internal/fsutil/create.go b/internal/fsutil/create.go
index d0f31c93..78215786 100644
--- a/internal/fsutil/create.go
+++ b/internal/fsutil/create.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func NewCreator() *Creator {
 }
 
 // Creates a filesystem entry according to the provided options.
-func (fc Creator) Create(o *CreateOptions) error {
+func (c Creator) Create(o *CreateOptions) error {
 	rp := readerProxy{inner: o.Data, h: sha256.New()}
 	o.Data = &rp
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (fc Creator) Create(o *CreateOptions) error {
 		Size: rp.size,
 		Link: o.Link,
 	}
-	fc.Created[o.Path] = fr
+	c.Created[o.Path] = fr
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/fsutil/create_test.go b/internal/fsutil/create_test.go
index b48a0a8a..05547045 100644
--- a/internal/fsutil/create_test.go
+++ b/internal/fsutil/create_test.go
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ func (s *S) TestCreate(c *C) {
 		dir := c.MkDir()
 		options := test.options
 		options.Path = filepath.Join(dir, options.Path)
-		fileCreator := fsutil.NewCreator()
-		err := fileCreator.Create(&options)
+		fsCreator := fsutil.NewCreator()
+		err := fsCreator.Create(&options)
 		if test.error != "" {
 			c.Assert(err, ErrorMatches, test.error)
 		} else {
@@ -92,20 +92,20 @@ func (s *S) TestCreate(c *C) {
 		}
 		c.Assert(testutil.TreeDump(dir), DeepEquals, test.result)
 		if test.options.MakeParents {
-			// The fileCreator does not record the parent directories created
+			// The fsCreator does not record the parent directories created
 			// implicitly.
-			for path, info := range treeDumpFileCreator(fileCreator, dir) {
+			for path, info := range treeDumpFSCreator(fsCreator, dir) {
 				c.Assert(info, Equals, test.result[path])
 			}
 		} else {
-			c.Assert(treeDumpFileCreator(fileCreator, dir), DeepEquals, test.result)
+			c.Assert(treeDumpFSCreator(fsCreator, dir), DeepEquals, test.result)
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-func treeDumpFileCreator(fc *fsutil.Creator, root string) map[string]string {
+func treeDumpFSCreator(cr *fsutil.Creator, root string) map[string]string {
 	result := make(map[string]string)
-	for _, file := range fc.Created {
+	for _, file := range cr.Created {
 		path := strings.TrimPrefix(file.Path, root)
 		fperm := file.Mode.Perm()
 		if file.Mode&fs.ModeSticky != 0 {
diff --git a/internal/slicer/slicer.go b/internal/slicer/slicer.go
index d6af6937..59235a61 100644
--- a/internal/slicer/slicer.go
+++ b/internal/slicer/slicer.go
@@ -153,13 +153,13 @@ func Run(options *RunOptions) error {
 		if reader == nil {
 			continue
 		}
-		fileCreator := fsutil.NewCreator()
+		fsCreator := fsutil.NewCreator()
 		err := deb.Extract(reader, &deb.ExtractOptions{
 			Package:   slice.Package,
 			Extract:   extract[slice.Package],
 			TargetDir: targetDir,
 			Globbed:   globbedPaths,
-			FSCreator: fileCreator,
+			FSCreator: fsCreator,
 		})
 		reader.Close()
 		packages[slice.Package] = nil
@@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ func Run(options *RunOptions) error {
 				return fmt.Errorf("internal error: cannot extract path of kind %q", pathInfo.Kind)
 			}
 
-			fileCreator := fsutil.NewCreator()
-			err := fileCreator.Create(&fsutil.CreateOptions{
+			fsCreator := fsutil.NewCreator()
+			err := fsCreator.Create(&fsutil.CreateOptions{
 				Path:        targetPath,
 				Mode:        tarHeader.FileInfo().Mode(),
 				Data:        fileContent,