diff --git a/tst/test_multimap.c b/tst/test_multimap.c
index fa82a91..cca520d 100644
--- a/tst/test_multimap.c
+++ b/tst/test_multimap.c
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ static int compare_big_object(const void *const one, const void *const two)
     return a->n - b->n;
 }
 
-static int compare_dummy(const void *const one, const void *const two)
+static int compare_placeholder(const void *const one, const void *const two)
 {
     (void) one;
     (void) two;
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ static void test_big_object(void)
 {
     int i;
     multimap me = multimap_init(sizeof(int), sizeof(struct big_object),
-                                compare_big_object, compare_dummy);
+                                compare_big_object, compare_placeholder);
     assert(me);
     for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
         int j;
diff --git a/tst/test_unordered_multimap.c b/tst/test_unordered_multimap.c
index d21a14b..ac73426 100644
--- a/tst/test_unordered_multimap.c
+++ b/tst/test_unordered_multimap.c
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ static int compare_big_object(const void *const one, const void *const two)
     return a->n - b->n;
 }
 
-static int compare_dummy(const void *const one, const void *const two)
+static int compare_placeholder(const void *const one, const void *const two)
 {
     (void) one;
     (void) two;
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ static void test_big_object(void)
                                                     sizeof(struct big_object),
                                                     bad_hash_int,
                                                     compare_big_object,
-                                                    compare_dummy);
+                                                    compare_placeholder);
     assert(me);
     for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
         int j;