diff --git a/src/pisi/archive.py b/src/pisi/archive.py
index 5a4a4659..ba09dfec 100644
--- a/src/pisi/archive.py
+++ b/src/pisi/archive.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class Archive:
 	"""accepted archive types:
 	targz, tarbz2, zip, tar"""	
 	
-	actions = {
+	handlers = {
 	    'targz': ArchiveTarFile,
 	    'tarbz2': ArchiveTarFile,
 	    'tar': ArchiveTarFile,
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class Archive:
 	    }
 	
 	type = ctx.spec.source.archiveType
-	self.archive = actions.get(type)(ctx)
+	self.archive = handlers.get(type)(ctx)
 
     def unpack(self, targetDir):
 	self.archive.unpack(targetDir)
diff --git a/src/pisi/fetcher.py b/src/pisi/fetcher.py
index 572598c7..65fca9f6 100644
--- a/src/pisi/fetcher.py
+++ b/src/pisi/fetcher.py
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ class Fetcher:
 
         scheme_err = lambda: self.err("unexpected scheme")
 
-        actions = {
+        handlers = {
             'file': self.fetchLocalFile,
             'http': self.fetchRemoteFile,
             'ftp' : self.fetchRemoteFile
-            }; actions.get(self.scheme, scheme_err)()
+            }; handlers.get(self.scheme, scheme_err)()
 
         return self.filedest + "/" + self.filename