diff --git a/src/modules/locale/CMakeLists.txt b/src/modules/locale/CMakeLists.txt
index 3c0cc3712..384135d4c 100644
--- a/src/modules/locale/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/modules/locale/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ endif()
 
 include_directories( ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/src/libcalamaresui )
 
-set( geoip_src GeoIP.cpp GeoIPFreeGeoIP.cpp )
+set( geoip_src GeoIP.cpp GeoIPJSON.cpp )
 set( geoip_libs )
 
 find_package(Qt5 COMPONENTS Xml)
diff --git a/src/modules/locale/GeoIPFreeGeoIP.cpp b/src/modules/locale/GeoIPJSON.cpp
similarity index 95%
rename from src/modules/locale/GeoIPFreeGeoIP.cpp
rename to src/modules/locale/GeoIPJSON.cpp
index 9ef534a5d..78f6c67a7 100644
--- a/src/modules/locale/GeoIPFreeGeoIP.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/locale/GeoIPJSON.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  *   along with Calamares. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-#include "GeoIPFreeGeoIP.h"
+#include "GeoIPJSON.h"
 
 #include "utils/Logger.h"
 #include "utils/YamlUtils.h"
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include <yaml-cpp/yaml.h>
 
 GeoIP::RegionZonePair
-FreeGeoIP::processReply( const QByteArray& data )
+GeoIPJSON::processReply( const QByteArray& data )
 {
     try
     {
diff --git a/src/modules/locale/GeoIPFreeGeoIP.h b/src/modules/locale/GeoIPJSON.h
similarity index 83%
rename from src/modules/locale/GeoIPFreeGeoIP.h
rename to src/modules/locale/GeoIPJSON.h
index e8986db3f..26a0560f6 100644
--- a/src/modules/locale/GeoIPFreeGeoIP.h
+++ b/src/modules/locale/GeoIPJSON.h
@@ -16,20 +16,19 @@
  *   along with Calamares. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-#ifndef GEOIPFREEGEOIP_H
-#define GEOIPFREEGEOIP_H
+#ifndef GEOIPJSON_H
+#define GEOIPJSON_H
 
 #include "GeoIP.h"
 
-/** @brief GeoIP lookup via freegeoip.com
+/** @brief GeoIP lookup for services that return JSON.
  *
  * This is the original implementation of GeoIP lookup,
- * using the FreeGeoIP service, or similar which returns
- * data in the same format.
+ * (e.g. using the FreeGeoIP.net service), or similar.
  *
  * The data is assumed to be in JSON format with a time_zone attribute.
  */
-struct FreeGeoIP : public GeoIP
+struct GeoIPJSON : public GeoIP
 {
     virtual RegionZonePair processReply( const QByteArray& );
 } ;
diff --git a/src/modules/locale/GeoIPTests.cpp b/src/modules/locale/GeoIPTests.cpp
index 2c59aa729..4f946b8b7 100644
--- a/src/modules/locale/GeoIPTests.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/locale/GeoIPTests.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 #include "GeoIPTests.h"
 
-#include "GeoIPFreeGeoIP.h"
+#include "GeoIPJSON.h"
 #ifdef HAVE_XML
 #include "GeoIPXML.h"
 #endif
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ GeoIPTests::testJSON()
     static const char data[] =
         "{\"time_zone\":\"Europe/Amsterdam\"}";
 
-    FreeGeoIP handler;
+    GeoIPJSON handler;
     auto tz = handler.processReply( data );
 
     QCOMPARE( tz.first, QLatin1String( "Europe" ) );
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ GeoIPTests::testJSONbad()
 {
     static const char data[] = "time_zone: 1";
 
-    FreeGeoIP handler;
+    GeoIPJSON handler;
     auto tz = handler.processReply( data );
 
     tz = handler.processReply( data );
diff --git a/src/modules/locale/LocaleViewStep.cpp b/src/modules/locale/LocaleViewStep.cpp
index 7cafd8793..243ad436c 100644
--- a/src/modules/locale/LocaleViewStep.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/locale/LocaleViewStep.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include "LocaleViewStep.h"
 
 #include "GeoIP.h"
-#include "GeoIPFreeGeoIP.h"
+#include "GeoIPJSON.h"
 #ifdef HAVE_XML
 #include "GeoIPXML.h"
 #endif
@@ -124,11 +124,11 @@ LocaleViewStep::fetchGeoIpTimezone()
     if ( m_geoipStyle.isEmpty() || m_geoipStyle == "legacy" )
     {
         actualUrl.append( "/json/" );
-        handler = new FreeGeoIP;
+        handler = new GeoIPJSON;
     }
     else if ( m_geoipStyle == "json" )
     {
-        handler = new FreeGeoIP;
+        handler = new GeoIPJSON;
     }
 #if defined(HAVE_XML)
     else if ( m_geoipStyle == "xml" )
diff --git a/src/modules/locale/test_geoip.cpp b/src/modules/locale/test_geoip.cpp
index 5797ad9ff..70c205b40 100644
--- a/src/modules/locale/test_geoip.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/locale/test_geoip.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #include <iostream>
 
-#include "GeoIPFreeGeoIP.h"
+#include "GeoIPJSON.h"
 #ifdef HAVE_XML
 #include "GeoIPXML.h"
 #endif
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 
     GeoIP* handler = nullptr;
     if ( QLatin1String( "json" ) == argv[1] )
-        handler = new FreeGeoIP;
+        handler = new GeoIPJSON;
 #ifdef HAVE_XML
     else if ( QLatin1String( "xml" ) == argv[1] )
         handler = new XMLGeoIP;