diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/signalfilter.py b/qutebrowser/browser/signalfilter.py
index 52ca5c5bf..50f5b9a9c 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/signalfilter.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/signalfilter.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from functools import partial
 from PyQt5.QtCore import QObject
 
 from qutebrowser.utils.signals import dbg_signal
-from qutebrowser.widgets.browsertab import BrowserTab
+from qutebrowser.widgets.webview import WebView
 
 
 class SignalFilter(QObject):
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class SignalFilter(QObject):
         if log_signal:
             logging.debug('signal {} (tab {})'.format(
                 dbg_signal(signal, args), self._tabs.indexOf(sender)))
-        if not isinstance(sender, BrowserTab):
+        if not isinstance(sender, WebView):
             # BUG? This should never happen, but it does regularely...
             logging.warn('Got signal {} by {} which is no tab!'.format(
                 dbg_signal(signal, args), sender))
diff --git a/qutebrowser/widgets/_tabbedbrowser.py b/qutebrowser/widgets/_tabbedbrowser.py
index 6e216485a..adf036b56 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/widgets/_tabbedbrowser.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/widgets/_tabbedbrowser.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import qutebrowser.utils.message as message
 import qutebrowser.config.config as config
 import qutebrowser.commands.utils as cmdutils
 from qutebrowser.widgets._tabwidget import TabWidget
-from qutebrowser.widgets.browsertab import BrowserTab
+from qutebrowser.widgets.webview import WebView
 from qutebrowser.browser.signalfilter import SignalFilter
 from qutebrowser.browser.curcommand import CurCommandDispatcher
 
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ class TabbedBrowser(TabWidget):
         """
         logging.debug("Opening {}".format(url))
         url = urlutils.qurl(url)
-        tab = BrowserTab(self)
+        tab = WebView(self)
         self._connect_tab_signals(tab)
         self._tabs.append(tab)
         self.addTab(tab, urlutils.urlstring(url))
diff --git a/qutebrowser/widgets/browsertab.py b/qutebrowser/widgets/webview.py
similarity index 99%
rename from qutebrowser/widgets/browsertab.py
rename to qutebrowser/widgets/webview.py
index aa7f99607..65001056c 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/widgets/browsertab.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/widgets/webview.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ from qutebrowser.utils.signals import SignalCache
 from qutebrowser.utils.usertypes import NeighborList
 
 
-class BrowserTab(QWebView):
+class WebView(QWebView):
 
     """One browser tab in TabbedBrowser.