diff --git a/collects/typed-racket/typecheck/tc-structs.rkt b/collects/typed-racket/typecheck/tc-structs.rkt
index fcc923d77f..ce91a0fc3c 100644
--- a/collects/typed-racket/typecheck/tc-structs.rkt
+++ b/collects/typed-racket/typecheck/tc-structs.rkt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 (require (for-template racket/base
                        "internal-forms.rkt"))
 
-(provide tc/struct names-of-struct d-s
+(provide tc/struct name-of-struct d-s
          refine-struct-variance!
          register-parsed-struct-sty!
          register-parsed-struct-bindings!)
@@ -59,9 +59,7 @@
 (define (struct-desc-parent-count fields)
   (length (struct-desc-parent-fields fields)))
 
-
-;; TODO make this not return a list
-(define (names-of-struct stx)
+(define (name-of-struct stx)
   (syntax-parse stx
     #:literal-sets (kernel-literals)
     #:literals (define-typed-struct-internal values)
@@ -73,7 +71,7 @@
                                     (define-typed-struct/exec-internal
                                       nm/par:parent . rest)))
                                 (#%plain-app values)))
-     (list #'nm/par.name)]))
+     #'nm/par.name]))
 
 
 ;; parse name field of struct, determining whether a parent struct was specified
diff --git a/collects/typed-racket/typecheck/tc-toplevel.rkt b/collects/typed-racket/typecheck/tc-toplevel.rkt
index 9fe88b6b51..ca655a9401 100644
--- a/collects/typed-racket/typecheck/tc-toplevel.rkt
+++ b/collects/typed-racket/typecheck/tc-toplevel.rkt
@@ -278,10 +278,6 @@
     [(define-syntaxes (nm ...) . rest) (syntax->list #'(nm ...))]
     [_ #f]))
 
-
-(define (add-type-name! names)
-  (for-each register-type-name names))
-
 (define (parse-type-alias form)
   (kernel-syntax-case* form #f
     (define-type-alias-internal values)
@@ -309,7 +305,7 @@
   (for-each (compose register-type-alias parse-type-alias) type-aliases)
   ;; Add the struct names to the type table, but not with a type
   ;(printf "before adding type names~n")
-  (for-each (compose add-type-name! names-of-struct) struct-defs)
+  (for-each (compose register-type-name name-of-struct) struct-defs)
   (for-each add-constant-variance! struct-defs)
   ;(printf "after adding type names~n")
   ;; resolve all the type aliases, and error if there are cycles