diff --git a/packages/core/src/component.ts b/packages/core/src/component.ts
index 604ceeac..1ef89edc 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/component.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/component.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { Autorun, DebuggerEvent, ComputedGetter } from '@vue/observer'
 import { nextTick } from '@vue/scheduler'
 import { ErrorTypes } from './errorHandling'
 import { initializeComponentInstance } from './componentUtils'
-import { EventEmitter, invokeListeners } from './optional/events'
+import { EventEmitter, invokeListeners } from './optional/eventEmitter'
 
 // public component instance type
 export interface Component<P = {}, D = {}> extends PublicInstanceMethods {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/index.ts b/packages/core/src/index.ts
index a4aeadea..9068dffc 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/index.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export { Provide, Inject } from './optional/context'
 export { createAsyncComponent } from './optional/asyncComponent'
 export { KeepAlive } from './optional/keepAlive'
 export { mixins } from './optional/mixins'
-export { EventEmitter } from './optional/events'
+export { EventEmitter } from './optional/eventEmitter'
 
 // flags & types
 export { ComponentType, ComponentClass, FunctionalComponent } from './component'
diff --git a/packages/core/src/optional/events.ts b/packages/core/src/optional/eventEmitter.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/src/optional/events.ts
rename to packages/core/src/optional/eventEmitter.ts