diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 0d5eea062..914bfb3ae 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ var send = require('./lib/send');
 var log = require('./lib/logger');
 
 // note that test files have require('ava')
-require('./lib/babel').avaRequired = true;
+require('./lib/test-worker').avaRequired = true;
 
 var opts = JSON.parse(process.argv[2]);
 var runner = new Runner(opts);
diff --git a/lib/fork.js b/lib/fork.js
index 3b307dd3c..393211b7f 100644
--- a/lib/fork.js
+++ b/lib/fork.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ var send = require('./send');
 module.exports = function (file, opts) {
 	opts = objectAssign({file: file}, opts);
 
-	var ps = childProcess.fork(path.join(__dirname, 'babel.js'), [JSON.stringify(opts)], {
+	var ps = childProcess.fork(path.join(__dirname, 'test-worker.js'), [JSON.stringify(opts)], {
 		cwd: path.dirname(file),
 		stdio: ['ignore', process.stderr, process.stderr]
 	});
diff --git a/lib/babel.js b/lib/test-worker.js
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/babel.js
rename to lib/test-worker.js