diff --git a/packages/runtime-core/src/apiApp.ts b/packages/runtime-core/src/apiCreateApp.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/runtime-core/src/apiApp.ts
rename to packages/runtime-core/src/apiCreateApp.ts
diff --git a/packages/runtime-core/src/component.ts b/packages/runtime-core/src/component.ts
index 0ee06d6b..50b8498a 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-core/src/component.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime-core/src/component.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
   callWithErrorHandling,
   callWithAsyncErrorHandling
 } from './errorHandling'
-import { AppContext, createAppContext, AppConfig } from './apiApp'
+import { AppContext, createAppContext, AppConfig } from './apiCreateApp'
 import { Directive, validateDirectiveName } from './directives'
 import { applyOptions, ComponentOptions } from './apiOptions'
 import {
diff --git a/packages/runtime-core/src/index.ts b/packages/runtime-core/src/index.ts
index 669399c2..181e53f8 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-core/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime-core/src/index.ts
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export { registerRuntimeCompiler } from './component'
 
 // Types -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-export { App, AppConfig, AppContext, Plugin } from './apiApp'
+export { App, AppConfig, AppContext, Plugin } from './apiCreateApp'
 export { VNode, VNodeTypes, VNodeProps } from './vnode'
 export {
   Component,
diff --git a/packages/runtime-core/src/renderer.ts b/packages/runtime-core/src/renderer.ts
index 013b082e..c651247c 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-core/src/renderer.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime-core/src/renderer.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import { ShapeFlags } from './shapeFlags'
 import { pushWarningContext, popWarningContext, warn } from './warning'
 import { invokeDirectiveHook } from './directives'
 import { ComponentPublicInstance } from './componentProxy'
-import { App, createAppAPI } from './apiApp'
+import { App, createAppAPI } from './apiCreateApp'
 import {
   SuspenseBoundary,
   queueEffectWithSuspense,