diff --git a/src/shims/foreign_items/posix/linux.rs b/src/shims/foreign_items/posix/linux.rs
index 8635455b1d7d..819da6804381 100644
--- a/src/shims/foreign_items/posix/linux.rs
+++ b/src/shims/foreign_items/posix/linux.rs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ pub trait EvalContextExt<'mir, 'tcx: 'mir>: crate::MiriEvalContextExt<'mir, 'tcx
                     id if id == sys_statx => {
                         // The first argument is the syscall id,
                         // so skip over it.
-                        let result = this.statx(args[1], args[2], args[3], args[4], args[5])?;
+                        let result = this.linux_statx(args[1], args[2], args[3], args[4], args[5])?;
                         this.write_scalar(Scalar::from_int(result, dest.layout.size), dest)?;
                     }
                     id => throw_unsup_format!("miri does not support syscall ID {}", id),
diff --git a/src/shims/foreign_items/posix/macos.rs b/src/shims/foreign_items/posix/macos.rs
index 8cfe959c3938..3698df95bd19 100644
--- a/src/shims/foreign_items/posix/macos.rs
+++ b/src/shims/foreign_items/posix/macos.rs
@@ -25,17 +25,17 @@ pub trait EvalContextExt<'mir, 'tcx: 'mir>: crate::MiriEvalContextExt<'mir, 'tcx
             }
 
             "stat$INODE64" => {
-                let result = this.stat(args[0], args[1])?;
+                let result = this.macos_stat(args[0], args[1])?;
                 this.write_scalar(Scalar::from_int(result, dest.layout.size), dest)?;
             }
 
             "lstat$INODE64" => {
-                let result = this.lstat(args[0], args[1])?;
+                let result = this.macos_lstat(args[0], args[1])?;
                 this.write_scalar(Scalar::from_int(result, dest.layout.size), dest)?;
             }
 
             "fstat$INODE64" => {
-                let result = this.fstat(args[0], args[1])?;
+                let result = this.macos_fstat(args[0], args[1])?;
                 this.write_scalar(Scalar::from_int(result, dest.layout.size), dest)?;
             }
 
diff --git a/src/shims/fs.rs b/src/shims/fs.rs
index 42a860780ff8..afa71f654075 100644
--- a/src/shims/fs.rs
+++ b/src/shims/fs.rs
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ pub trait EvalContextExt<'mir, 'tcx: 'mir>: crate::MiriEvalContextExt<'mir, 'tcx
         this.try_unwrap_io_result(create_link(target, linkpath).map(|_| 0))
     }
 
-    fn stat(
+    fn macos_stat(
         &mut self,
         path_op: OpTy<'tcx, Tag>,
         buf_op: OpTy<'tcx, Tag>,
@@ -349,11 +349,11 @@ pub trait EvalContextExt<'mir, 'tcx: 'mir>: crate::MiriEvalContextExt<'mir, 'tcx
         this.check_no_isolation("stat")?;
         this.check_platform("macos", "stat")?;
         // `stat` always follows symlinks.
-        this.stat_or_lstat(true, path_op, buf_op)
+        this.macos_stat_or_lstat(true, path_op, buf_op)
     }
 
     // `lstat` is used to get symlink metadata.
-    fn lstat(
+    fn macos_lstat(
         &mut self,
         path_op: OpTy<'tcx, Tag>,
         buf_op: OpTy<'tcx, Tag>,
@@ -361,10 +361,10 @@ pub trait EvalContextExt<'mir, 'tcx: 'mir>: crate::MiriEvalContextExt<'mir, 'tcx
         let this = self.eval_context_mut();
         this.check_no_isolation("lstat")?;
         this.check_platform("macos", "lstat")?;
-        this.stat_or_lstat(false, path_op, buf_op)
+        this.macos_stat_or_lstat(false, path_op, buf_op)
     }
 
-    fn fstat(
+    fn macos_fstat(
         &mut self,
         fd_op: OpTy<'tcx, Tag>,
         buf_op: OpTy<'tcx, Tag>,
@@ -380,10 +380,10 @@ pub trait EvalContextExt<'mir, 'tcx: 'mir>: crate::MiriEvalContextExt<'mir, 'tcx
             Some(metadata) => metadata,
             None => return Ok(-1),
         };
-        stat_macos_write_buf(this, metadata, buf_op)
+        macos_stat_write_buf(this, metadata, buf_op)
     }
 
-    fn stat_or_lstat(
+    fn macos_stat_or_lstat(
         &mut self,
         follow_symlink: bool,
         path_op: OpTy<'tcx, Tag>,
@@ -398,10 +398,10 @@ pub trait EvalContextExt<'mir, 'tcx: 'mir>: crate::MiriEvalContextExt<'mir, 'tcx
             Some(metadata) => metadata,
             None => return Ok(-1),
         };
-        stat_macos_write_buf(this, metadata, buf_op)
+        macos_stat_write_buf(this, metadata, buf_op)
     }
 
-    fn statx(
+    fn linux_statx(
         &mut self,
         dirfd_op: OpTy<'tcx, Tag>,    // Should be an `int`
         pathname_op: OpTy<'tcx, Tag>, // Should be a `const char *`
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ impl FileMetadata {
     }
 }
 
-fn stat_macos_write_buf<'tcx, 'mir>(
+fn macos_stat_write_buf<'tcx, 'mir>(
     ecx: &mut MiriEvalContext<'mir, 'tcx>,
     metadata: FileMetadata,
     buf_op: OpTy<'tcx, Tag>,