diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 93e73c4..fd2b9a2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ using ExpressionPatterns.Dispatch.MetaUtilities
 
 @metaconflicts @f #> <<z> <x+y>> | <<x+y> <y>>
 
-@remove @f(z,x+y)
+@removemeta @f(z,x+y)
 
 @metaconflicts @f #> nothing
 
diff --git a/src/Dispatch/MetaUtilities.jl b/src/Dispatch/MetaUtilities.jl
index 71aaf98..b642bcf 100644
--- a/src/Dispatch/MetaUtilities.jl
+++ b/src/Dispatch/MetaUtilities.jl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ using  ...Dispatch.TopMetaTables
 import ...Dispatch.Applications: MACROMETHODS, METAFUNCTIONS
 import  ...Dispatch.TableManipulation: print_conflicts
 import Base.Meta: quot
-export @prefer, @whichmeta, @remove, @importmeta, @metamethods, @metaconflicts
+export @prefer, @whichmeta, @removemeta, @importmeta, @metamethods, @metaconflicts
 
 const MU = MetaUtilities
 const MM = MACROMETHODS
@@ -75,15 +75,15 @@ conflictscode(m, typ, M=current_module()) =
 # remove
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-@macromethod remove(   m(*{patterns})) = esc(removecode(m, patterns, :fun))
-@macromethod remove( M.m(*{patterns})) = esc(removecode(m, patterns, :fun, M))
-@macromethod remove(  @m(*{patterns})) = esc(removecode(m, patterns, :macro))
-@macromethod remove(M.@m(*{patterns})) = esc(removecode(m, patterns, :macro, M))
+@macromethod removemeta(   m(*{patterns})) = esc(removecode(m, patterns, :fun))
+@macromethod removemeta( M.m(*{patterns})) = esc(removecode(m, patterns, :fun, M))
+@macromethod removemeta(  @m(*{patterns})) = esc(removecode(m, patterns, :macro))
+@macromethod removemeta(M.@m(*{patterns})) = esc(removecode(m, patterns, :macro, M))
 
-@macromethod remove(label, :L{from},    m) = esc(removecode(m, label, :fun))
-@macromethod remove(label, :L{from},  M.m) = esc(removecode(m, label, :fun, M))
-@macromethod remove(label, :L{from},   @m) = esc(removecode(m, label, :macro))
-@macromethod remove(label, :L{from}, M.@m) = esc(removecode(m, label, :macro, M))
+@macromethod removemeta(label, :L{from},    m) = esc(removecode(m, label, :fun))
+@macromethod removemeta(label, :L{from},  M.m) = esc(removecode(m, label, :fun, M))
+@macromethod removemeta(label, :L{from},   @m) = esc(removecode(m, label, :macro))
+@macromethod removemeta(label, :L{from}, M.@m) = esc(removecode(m, label, :macro, M))
 
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/test/reflection.jl b/test/reflection.jl
index 24707ac..48fbf90 100644
--- a/test/reflection.jl
+++ b/test/reflection.jl
@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@ ypx = :(y+x)
 @test @h(x+y)    == [:x, :y]
 @test  h(:(x+y)) == [:x, :y]
 
-@remove plus from @h
-@remove plus from  h
+@removemeta plus from @h
+@removemeta plus from  h
 
 @test @h(x+y)    == [:(x+y)]
 @test  h(:(x+y)) == [:(x+y)]
 
-@remove @h(x)
-@remove  h(x)
+@removemeta @h(x)
+@removemeta  h(x)
 
 @test_throws MetaMethodError @eval @h(x)
 @test_throws MetaMethodError h(:x)