diff --git a/lib/linguist/memory_blob.rb b/lib/linguist/blob.rb
similarity index 98%
rename from lib/linguist/memory_blob.rb
rename to lib/linguist/blob.rb
index c17cf3e2..8131d9b8 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/memory_blob.rb
+++ b/lib/linguist/blob.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module Linguist
   # A MemoryBlob is a wrapper around the content of a file to make it quack
   # like a Grit::Blob. It provides the basic interface: `name`,
   # `data`, `path` and `size`.
-  class MemoryBlob
+  class Blob
     include BlobHelper
 
     # Public: Initialize a new MemoryBlob.
diff --git a/lib/linguist/file_blob.rb b/lib/linguist/file_blob.rb
index 98ef3825..5f8bc373 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/file_blob.rb
+++ b/lib/linguist/file_blob.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 require 'linguist/blob_helper'
-require 'linguist/memory_blob'
+require 'linguist/blob'
 
 module Linguist
   # A FileBlob is a wrapper around a File object to make it quack
   # like a Grit::Blob. It provides the basic interface: `name`,
   # `data`, `path` and `size`.
-  class FileBlob < MemoryBlob
+  class FileBlob < Blob
     include BlobHelper
 
     # Public: Initialize a new FileBlob from a path
diff --git a/test/helper.rb b/test/helper.rb
index 71594416..bac2a62c 100644
--- a/test/helper.rb
+++ b/test/helper.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require "minitest/autorun"
 require "mocha/setup"
 require "linguist"
 require 'color-proximity'
-require "linguist/memory_blob"
+require "linguist/blob"
 
 def fixtures_path
   File.expand_path("../fixtures", __FILE__)
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ end
 def fixture_blob_memory(name)
   filepath = (name =~ /^\//)? name : File.join(fixtures_path, name)
   content = File.read(filepath)
-  Linguist::MemoryBlob.new(name, content)
+  Linguist::Blob.new(name, content)
 end
 
 def samples_path
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ end
 def sample_blob_memory(name)
   filepath = (name =~ /^\//)? name : File.join(samples_path, name)
   content = File.read(filepath)
-  Linguist::MemoryBlob.new(name, content)
+  Linguist::Blob.new(name, content)
 end