diff --git a/admin/tool/componentlibrary/moodle_readme.txt b/admin/tool/componentlibrary/readme_moodle.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from admin/tool/componentlibrary/moodle_readme.txt
rename to admin/tool/componentlibrary/readme_moodle.txt
diff --git a/auth/cas/CAS/moodle_readme.txt b/auth/cas/CAS/readme_moodle.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from auth/cas/CAS/moodle_readme.txt
rename to auth/cas/CAS/readme_moodle.txt
diff --git a/enrol/lti/ims-blti/moodle_readme.txt b/enrol/lti/ims-blti/readme_moodle.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from enrol/lti/ims-blti/moodle_readme.txt
rename to enrol/lti/ims-blti/readme_moodle.txt
diff --git a/lib/classes/check/environment/publicpaths.php b/lib/classes/check/environment/publicpaths.php
index 49610a9a387..7e5050dc05e 100644
--- a/lib/classes/check/environment/publicpaths.php
+++ b/lib/classes/check/environment/publicpaths.php
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class publicpaths extends check {
             [
                 'pattern'   => 'readme.txt',
                 '404'       => [
-                    'lib/scssphp/moodle_readme.txt',
+                    'lib/scssphp/readme_moodle.txt',
                     'mod/resource/readme.txt',
                 ],
             ],
diff --git a/lib/geopattern-php/moodle_readme.txt b/lib/geopattern-php/readme_moodle.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/geopattern-php/moodle_readme.txt
rename to lib/geopattern-php/readme_moodle.txt
diff --git a/lib/pear/README_MOODLE.txt b/lib/pear/readme_moodle.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/pear/README_MOODLE.txt
rename to lib/pear/readme_moodle.txt
diff --git a/lib/php-css-parser/moodle_readme.txt b/lib/php-css-parser/readme_moodle.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/php-css-parser/moodle_readme.txt
rename to lib/php-css-parser/readme_moodle.txt
diff --git a/lib/phpmailer/README_MOODLE.txt b/lib/phpmailer/readme_moodle.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/phpmailer/README_MOODLE.txt
rename to lib/phpmailer/readme_moodle.txt
diff --git a/lib/rtlcss/moodle_readme.txt b/lib/rtlcss/readme_moodle.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/rtlcss/moodle_readme.txt
rename to lib/rtlcss/readme_moodle.txt
diff --git a/lib/scssphp/moodle_readme.txt b/lib/scssphp/readme_moodle.txt
similarity index 86%
rename from lib/scssphp/moodle_readme.txt
rename to lib/scssphp/readme_moodle.txt
index 99c47af2399..08f9be2ce56 100644
--- a/lib/scssphp/moodle_readme.txt
+++ b/lib/scssphp/readme_moodle.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Downloaded from: https://github.com/scssphp/scssphp
 
 Import procedure:
 
-- Delete everything from this directory except moodle_readme.txt (this file).
+- Delete everything from this directory except readme_moodle.txt (this file).
 - Copy all the files from the folder 'src' to this directory.
 - Copy the license file from the project root.
 - Review the local changes defined below, if any. Reapply
diff --git a/repository/s3/README_MOODLE.txt b/repository/s3/readme_moodle.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from repository/s3/README_MOODLE.txt
rename to repository/s3/readme_moodle.txt