diff --git a/tests/utils/linalg.cpp b/tests/utils/linalg.cpp
index d7fe0f652..1ecbd69b8 100644
--- a/tests/utils/linalg.cpp
+++ b/tests/utils/linalg.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ qcomp getExpI(qreal x) {
 }
 
 
-int getBit(qindex num, int ind) {
+int getBitAt(qindex num, int ind) {
     return (num >> ind) & 1;
 }
 
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ qmatrix getPartialTrace(qmatrix in, vector<int> targets) {
         // prepare { |0>, I, I, |1>, ... }
         vector<qmatrix> matrices(numQubits, getIdentityMatrix(2));
         for (size_t t=0; t<numTargs; t++) {
-            int bit = getBit(v, t);
+            int bit = getBitAt(v, t);
             matrices[targets[t]] = {
                 {bit? 0.:1.}, 
                 {bit? 1.:0.}};
diff --git a/tests/utils/linalg.hpp b/tests/utils/linalg.hpp
index b5a174940..69606ca61 100644
--- a/tests/utils/linalg.hpp
+++ b/tests/utils/linalg.hpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ using std::vector;
 int    getLog2(qindex);
 qindex getPow2(int);
 qcomp  getExpI(qreal);
-int    getBit(qindex num, int ind);
+int    getBitAt(qindex num, int ind);
 
 qvector getNormalised(qvector);
 qvector getDisceteFourierTransform(qvector);
diff --git a/tests/utils/measure.cpp b/tests/utils/measure.cpp
index fd0f35e58..8937da30a 100644
--- a/tests/utils/measure.cpp
+++ b/tests/utils/measure.cpp
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ vector<qreal> getAllRefProbsInner(auto& state, vector<int> targets) {
     for (size_t i=0; i<out.size(); i++) {
 
         for (size_t j=0; j<outcomes.size(); j++)
-            outcomes[j] = getBit(i, j);
+            outcomes[j] = getBitAt(i, j);
 
         out[i] = getReferenceProbability(state, targets, outcomes);
     }