diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/controllers/masterimage.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/controllers/masterimage.py
index 2eff6d05ef9..feb30366323 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/controllers/masterimage.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/controllers/masterimage.py
@@ -121,17 +121,17 @@ class MasterImageHardwareTarget(oeqa.targetcontrol.BaseTarget, metaclass=ABCMeta
         # base class just sets the ssh log file for us
         super(MasterImageHardwareTarget, self).deploy()
         self.master = sshcontrol.SSHControl(ip=self.ip, logfile=self.sshlog, timeout=600, port=self.port)
-        status, output = self.master.run("cat /etc/masterimage")
+        status, output = self.master.run("cat /etc/goldenimage")
         if status != 0:
-            # We're not booted into the master image, so try rebooting
-            bb.plain("%s - booting into the master image" % self.pn)
+            # We're not booted into the golden image, so try rebooting
+            bb.plain("%s - booting into the golden image" % self.pn)
             self.power_ctl("cycle")
             self._wait_until_booted()
 
         bb.plain("%s - deploying image on target" % self.pn)
-        status, output = self.master.run("cat /etc/masterimage")
+        status, output = self.master.run("cat /etc/goldenimage")
         if status != 0:
-            bb.fatal("No ssh connectivity or target isn't running a master image.\n%s" % output)
+            bb.fatal("No ssh connectivity or target isn't running a golden image.\n%s" % output)
         if self.user_cmds:
             self.deploy_cmds = self.user_cmds.split("\n")
         try:
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ssh.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ssh.py
index 60a5fbbfbfd..a0bbed0b581 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ssh.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ssh.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class SSHTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
     def test_ssh(self):
         (status, output) = self.target.run('uname -a')
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg='SSH Test failed: %s' % output)
-        (status, output) = self.target.run('cat /etc/masterimage')
-        msg = "This isn't the right image  - /etc/masterimage " \
+        (status, output) = self.target.run('cat /etc/goldenimage')
+        msg = "This isn't the right image  - /etc/goldenimage " \
               "shouldn't be here %s" % output
         self.assertEqual(status, 1, msg=msg)
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install-efi-testfs.sh b/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install-efi-testfs.sh
index b351985a61c..6f554f62967 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install-efi-testfs.sh
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install-efi-testfs.sh
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ mount -o rw,loop,noatime,nodiratime /run/media/$1/$2 /rootmnt
 echo "Copying rootfs files..."
 cp -a /rootmnt/* /ssd
 
-touch /ssd/etc/masterimage
+touch /ssd/etc/goldenimage
 
 if [ -d /ssd/etc/ ] ; then
     # We dont want udev to mount our root device while we're booting...
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install-testfs.sh b/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install-testfs.sh
index ac621605287..df3a7767319 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install-testfs.sh
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install-testfs.sh
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ mount -o rw,loop,noatime,nodiratime /run/media/$1/$2 /src_root
 echo "Copying rootfs files..."
 cp -a /src_root/* /tgt_root
 
-touch /tgt_root/etc/masterimage
+touch /tgt_root/etc/goldenimage
 
 if [ -d /tgt_root/etc/ ] ; then
     echo "$bootfs              /boot            ext3       defaults              1  2" >> /tgt_root/etc/fstab