diff --git a/lib/util/cache/repository/index.ts b/lib/util/cache/repository/index.ts
index d28de45473e00ca8ee89884385f4da24836fc89b..f08212ae49fde1a129204b1eb0b4f967a500c638 100644
--- a/lib/util/cache/repository/index.ts
+++ b/lib/util/cache/repository/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { join } from 'upath';
 import { RenovateConfig, RepositoryCacheConfig } from '../../../config/common';
 import { logger } from '../../../logger';
 import { PackageFile } from '../../../manager/common';
-import { RepoConfig } from '../../../workers/repository/init/common';
+import { RepoFileConfig } from '../../../workers/repository/init/common';
 
 export interface BaseBranchCache {
   sha: string; // branch commit sha
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export interface Cache {
   init?: {
     defaultBranch?: string;
     defaultBranchSha?: string;
-    repoConfig?: RepoConfig;
+    repoConfig?: RepoFileConfig;
     resolvedConfig?: RenovateConfig;
   };
   scan?: Record<string, BaseBranchCache>;
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/init/common.ts b/lib/workers/repository/init/common.ts
index 751c13f073394718388203094205f5fce075b4e5..1904f3a36e7b325c5864b6be56a66f3d5d570729 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/init/common.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/init/common.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ export type RepoConfigError = {
   validationMessage: string;
 };
 
-export type RepoConfig = {
+export type RepoFileConfig = {
   fileName?: string;
   config?: any;
   error?: RepoConfigError;
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/init/config.ts b/lib/workers/repository/init/config.ts
index 087fde4127f046f5043ae48022a7a9ae1a6a465c..3aaef3ab3e7a3ee39515c23cfe3c465825079cf1 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/init/config.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/init/config.ts
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ import {
 import * as hostRules from '../../../util/host-rules';
 import { checkOnboardingBranch } from '../onboarding/branch';
 import { getResolvedConfig, setResolvedConfig } from './cache';
-import { RepoConfig } from './common';
+import { RepoFileConfig } from './common';
 import { flattenPackageRules } from './flatten';
 import { detectSemanticCommits } from './semantic';
 
-export async function detectRepoFileConfig(): Promise<RepoConfig> {
+export async function detectRepoFileConfig(): Promise<RepoFileConfig> {
   const fileList = await getFileList();
   async function detectConfigFile(): Promise<string | null> {
     for (const configFileName of configFileNames) {
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export async function detectRepoFileConfig(): Promise<RepoConfig> {
   return { fileName, config };
 }
 
-function checkForRepoConfigError(repoConfig: RepoConfig): void {
+function checkForRepoConfigError(repoConfig: RepoFileConfig): void {
   if (!repoConfig.error) {
     return;
   }