diff --git a/abuild.in b/abuild.in
index d1255b6119a34d7864022ce26e3678db59fbf177..e6add48d87ea1b005745f3e70558866f7c154bf4 100755
--- a/abuild.in
+++ b/abuild.in
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 abuild_ver=@VERSION@
 sysconfdir=@sysconfdir@
-abuildrepo=@apkcache@
+apkcache=@apkcache@
 
 startdir="$PWD"
 srcdir=${srcdir:-"$startdir/src"}
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ BUILD_BASE="build-base"
 
 SUDO=${SUDO:-"sudo"}
 
-default_cmds="sanitycheck builddeps clean fetch unpack rootpkg abuildrepo"
+default_cmds="sanitycheck builddeps clean fetch unpack rootpkg apkcache"
 
 # read config
 ABUILD_CONF=${ABUILD_CONF:-"$sysconfdir/abuild.conf"}
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ cleanpkg() {
 	for i in $pkgname $subpackages; do
 		local p="${i%:*}-$pkgver-r$pkgrel"
 		rm -f "$PKGDEST/$p.apk" "$PKGDEST/$p.src.tar.gz" \
-			"$abuildrepo"/$p.apk
+			"$apkcache"/$p.apk
 	done
 	# remove given packages from index
 
@@ -398,8 +398,8 @@ create_apks() {
 	done
 }
 
-update_abuildrepo_index() {
-	local index="$abuildrepo"/APK_INDEX.gz
+update_apkcache_index() {
+	local index="$apkcache"/APK_INDEX.gz
 	local opt=
 	(
 	for i in "$@"; do
@@ -410,24 +410,24 @@ update_abuildrepo_index() {
 		apk index -q -d "$index" $todelete || exit 1
 	fi
 	apk index -q "$@" || exit 1
-	) > "$abuildrepo"/APK_INDEX.new || return 1
-	gzip "$abuildrepo"/APK_INDEX.new && mv "$abuildrepo/APK_INDEX.new.gz" "$index"
+	) > "$apkcache"/APK_INDEX.new || return 1
+	gzip "$apkcache"/APK_INDEX.new && mv "$apkcache/APK_INDEX.new.gz" "$index"
 }
 
-abuildrepo() {
+apkcache() {
 	if ! up2date; then
 		sanitycheck && builddeps && clean && fetch && unpack && rootpkg || return 1
 	fi
 	local apk
 	set --
 	for apk in $(listpkg); do
-		ln -sf "$PKGDEST"/$apk "$abuildrepo"/$apk
-		set -- "$@" "$abuildrepo"/$apk
+		ln -sf "$PKGDEST"/$apk "$apkcache"/$apk
+		set -- "$@" "$apkcache"/$apk
 	done
 
-	# update the abuildrepo cache here
+	# update the apkcache cache here
 	msg "Updating the cached abuild repository index..."
-	update_abuildrepo_index "$@"
+	update_apkcache_index "$@"
 }
 
 # predefined splitfunc doc
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ builddeps() {
 
 	uninstall_after=".makedepends-$pkgname $uninstall_after"
 	if [ -n "$install_deps" ]; then
-		$SUDO apk add --repo "$abuildrepo" \
+		$SUDO apk add --repo "$apkcache" \
 			--virtual .makedepends-$pkgname $deps \
 			&& return 0
 	fi
@@ -656,9 +656,9 @@ builddeps() {
 		local dir=${i#*:}
 		local pkg=${i%:*}
 		msg "Entering $dir"
-		cd "$dir" && $0 -k -r abuildrepo || return 1
+		cd "$dir" && $0 -k -r apkcache || return 1
 	done
-	$SUDO apk add --repo "$abuildrepo" \
+	$SUDO apk add --repo "$apkcache" \
 		--virtual .makedepends-$pkgname $deps
 }
 
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ newaport() {
 
 installdeps() {
 	local deps i
-	sudo apk add --repo "$abuildrepo" --virtual .makedepends-$pkgname \
+	sudo apk add --repo "$apkcache" --virtual .makedepends-$pkgname \
 		$makedepends
 }