diff --git a/collects/plot/compat.rkt b/collects/plot/compat.rkt
index 9d3433d8e7..4ebe795818 100644
--- a/collects/plot/compat.rkt
+++ b/collects/plot/compat.rkt
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
          "common/contract.rkt"
          "common/contract-doc.rkt"
          "common/plot-element.rkt"
-         "plot2d/area.rkt"
-         "plot3d/area.rkt"
+         "plot2d/plot-area.rkt"
+         "plot3d/plot-area.rkt"
          (prefix-in new. (only-in "main.rkt"
                                   x-axis y-axis
                                   default-x-ticks default-y-ticks default-z-ticks
diff --git a/collects/plot/contracted/plot-element.rkt b/collects/plot/contracted/plot-element.rkt
index 271ccbd3fd..5b3687cd0a 100644
--- a/collects/plot/contracted/plot-element.rkt
+++ b/collects/plot/contracted/plot-element.rkt
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
          "../common/plot-element.rkt"
          "../common/math.rkt"
          "../common/legend.rkt"
-         "../plot2d/area.rkt"
-         "../plot3d/area.rkt")
+         "../plot2d/plot-area.rkt"
+         "../plot3d/plot-area.rkt")
 
 (provide
  (contract-out
diff --git a/collects/plot/plot2d/decoration.rkt b/collects/plot/plot2d/decoration.rkt
index 6113cdaeff..c690e0d7ac 100644
--- a/collects/plot/plot2d/decoration.rkt
+++ b/collects/plot/plot2d/decoration.rkt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 (require racket/contract racket/class racket/match racket/math racket/list
          plot/utils
          "../common/contract-doc.rkt"
-         "area.rkt"
          "line.rkt"
          "interval.rkt"
          "point.rkt"
diff --git a/collects/plot/plot2d/area.rkt b/collects/plot/plot2d/plot-area.rkt
similarity index 100%
rename from collects/plot/plot2d/area.rkt
rename to collects/plot/plot2d/plot-area.rkt
diff --git a/collects/plot/plot2d/plot.rkt b/collects/plot/plot2d/plot.rkt
index 16f1db870a..fe94bdda0c 100644
--- a/collects/plot/plot2d/plot.rkt
+++ b/collects/plot/plot2d/plot.rkt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
          "../common/file-type.rkt"
          "../common/deprecation-warning.rkt"
          "../common/contract-doc.rkt"
-         "area.rkt")
+         "plot-area.rkt")
 
 ;; Require lazily: without this, Racket complains while generating documentation:
 ;;   cannot instantiate `racket/gui/base' a second time in the same process
diff --git a/collects/plot/plot3d/area.rkt b/collects/plot/plot3d/plot-area.rkt
similarity index 100%
rename from collects/plot/plot3d/area.rkt
rename to collects/plot/plot3d/plot-area.rkt
diff --git a/collects/plot/plot3d/plot.rkt b/collects/plot/plot3d/plot.rkt
index 5303e771bb..a57b1bfee0 100644
--- a/collects/plot/plot3d/plot.rkt
+++ b/collects/plot/plot3d/plot.rkt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
          "../common/file-type.rkt"
          "../common/deprecation-warning.rkt"
          "../common/contract-doc.rkt"
-         "area.rkt")
+         "plot-area.rkt")
 
 ;; Require lazily: without this, Racket complains while generating documentation:
 ;;   cannot instantiate `racket/gui/base' a second time in the same process
diff --git a/collects/plot/plot3d/snip.rkt b/collects/plot/plot3d/snip.rkt
index fd57654a75..1f8a6562f0 100644
--- a/collects/plot/plot3d/snip.rkt
+++ b/collects/plot/plot3d/snip.rkt
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 
 (require racket/gui/base racket/class racket/match racket/bool racket/async-channel
          "../common/gui.rkt"
-         "../common/math.rkt"
-         "area.rkt")
+         "../common/math.rkt")
 
 (provide 3d-plot-snip% make-3d-plot-snip)