diff --git a/src/libstore/datatransfer.cc b/src/libstore/datatransfer.cc
index 30ad48577..62f546cfa 100644
--- a/src/libstore/datatransfer.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/datatransfer.cc
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ using namespace std::string_literals;
 
 namespace nix {
 
-DownloadSettings downloadSettings;
+DataTransferSettings dataTransferSettings;
 
-static GlobalConfig::Register r1(&downloadSettings);
+static GlobalConfig::Register r1(&dataTransferSettings);
 
 std::string resolveUri(const std::string & uri)
 {
@@ -257,12 +257,12 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
             curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL, 1);
             curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_USERAGENT,
                 ("curl/" LIBCURL_VERSION " Nix/" + nixVersion +
-                    (downloadSettings.userAgentSuffix != "" ? " " + downloadSettings.userAgentSuffix.get() : "")).c_str());
+                    (dataTransferSettings.userAgentSuffix != "" ? " " + dataTransferSettings.userAgentSuffix.get() : "")).c_str());
             #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x072b00
             curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_PIPEWAIT, 1);
             #endif
             #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x072f00
-            if (downloadSettings.enableHttp2)
+            if (dataTransferSettings.enableHttp2)
                 curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION, CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2TLS);
             else
                 curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION, CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1);
@@ -297,10 +297,10 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
                 curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
             }
 
-            curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, downloadSettings.connectTimeout.get());
+            curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, dataTransferSettings.connectTimeout.get());
 
             curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT, 1L);
-            curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME, downloadSettings.stalledDownloadTimeout.get());
+            curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME, dataTransferSettings.stalledDownloadTimeout.get());
 
             /* If no file exist in the specified path, curl continues to work
                anyway as if netrc support was disabled. */
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
         #endif
         #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x071e00 // Max connections requires >= 7.30.0
         curl_multi_setopt(curlm, CURLMOPT_MAX_TOTAL_CONNECTIONS,
-            downloadSettings.httpConnections.get());
+            dataTransferSettings.httpConnections.get());
         #endif
 
         wakeupPipe.create();
diff --git a/src/libstore/datatransfer.hh b/src/libstore/datatransfer.hh
index 89d3fce7f..16955ff06 100644
--- a/src/libstore/datatransfer.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/datatransfer.hh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 namespace nix {
 
-struct DownloadSettings : Config
+struct DataTransferSettings : Config
 {
     Setting<bool> enableHttp2{this, true, "http2",
         "Whether to enable HTTP/2 support."};
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ struct DownloadSettings : Config
         "How often Nix will attempt to download a file before giving up."};
 };
 
-extern DownloadSettings downloadSettings;
+extern DataTransferSettings dataTransferSettings;
 
 struct DataTransferRequest
 {
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ struct DataTransferRequest
     std::string expectedETag;
     bool verifyTLS = true;
     bool head = false;
-    size_t tries = downloadSettings.tries;
+    size_t tries = dataTransferSettings.tries;
     unsigned int baseRetryTimeMs = 250;
     ActivityId parentAct;
     bool decompress = true;
diff --git a/src/nix/main.cc b/src/nix/main.cc
index ad4102201..6bb04d8b6 100644
--- a/src/nix/main.cc
+++ b/src/nix/main.cc
@@ -176,10 +176,10 @@ void mainWrapped(int argc, char * * argv)
             settings.useSubstitutes = false;
         if (!settings.tarballTtl.overriden)
             settings.tarballTtl = std::numeric_limits<unsigned int>::max();
-        if (!downloadSettings.tries.overriden)
-            downloadSettings.tries = 0;
-        if (!downloadSettings.connectTimeout.overriden)
-            downloadSettings.connectTimeout = 1;
+        if (!dataTransferSettings.tries.overriden)
+            dataTransferSettings.tries = 0;
+        if (!dataTransferSettings.connectTimeout.overriden)
+            dataTransferSettings.connectTimeout = 1;
     }
 
     if (args.refresh)