diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/align.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/align.go
index 35c824b959..3be095076f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/align.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/align.go
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ func dowidth(t *Type) {
 	case TFUNCARGS:
 		t1 := t.Type
 
-		w = widstruct(t.Type, t1.Recv(), 0, 0)
+		w = widstruct(t.Type, t1.Recvs(), 0, 0)
 		w = widstruct(t.Type, t1.Params(), w, Widthreg)
 		w = widstruct(t.Type, t1.Results(), w, Widthreg)
 		t1.Argwid = w
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ func typeinit() {
 func Argsize(t *Type) int {
 	var w int64
 
-	for _, p := range recvParamsResults {
+	for _, p := range recvsParamsResults {
 		for f, it := IterFields(p(t)); f != nil; f = it.Next() {
 			if x := f.Width + f.Type.Width; x > w {
 				w = x
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/bexport.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/bexport.go
index c349c39a44..b867000405 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/bexport.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/bexport.go
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ func (p *exporter) typ(t *Type) {
 
 		for _, m := range methods {
 			p.string(m.Sym.Name)
-			p.paramList(m.Type.Recv())
+			p.paramList(m.Type.Recvs())
 			p.paramList(m.Type.Params())
 			p.paramList(m.Type.Results())
 			p.inlinedBody(m.Type.Nname)
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/dcl.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/dcl.go
index ba2b01d2b9..28bddce6a1 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/dcl.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/dcl.go
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ func funcargs2(t *Type) {
 	}
 
 	if t.Thistuple != 0 {
-		for ft, it := IterFields(t.Recv()); ft != nil; ft = it.Next() {
+		for ft, it := IterFields(t.Recvs()); ft != nil; ft = it.Next() {
 			if ft.Nname == nil || ft.Nname.Sym == nil {
 				continue
 			}
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ func fakethis() *Node {
 // Those methods have an anonymous *struct{} as the receiver.
 // (See fakethis above.)
 func isifacemethod(f *Type) bool {
-	rcvr := f.Recv0()
+	rcvr := f.Recv()
 	if rcvr.Sym != nil {
 		return false
 	}
@@ -1165,16 +1165,16 @@ func functype0(t *Type, this *Node, in, out []*Node) {
 	if this != nil {
 		rcvr = []*Node{this}
 	}
-	*t.RecvP() = tofunargs(rcvr)
+	*t.RecvsP() = tofunargs(rcvr)
 	*t.ResultsP() = tofunargs(out)
 	*t.ParamsP() = tofunargs(in)
 
 	uniqgen++
-	checkdupfields(t.Recv().Type, "argument")
+	checkdupfields(t.Recvs().Type, "argument")
 	checkdupfields(t.Results().Type, "argument")
 	checkdupfields(t.Params().Type, "argument")
 
-	if t.Recv().Broke || t.Results().Broke || t.Params().Broke {
+	if t.Recvs().Broke || t.Results().Broke || t.Params().Broke {
 		t.Broke = true
 	}
 
@@ -1306,7 +1306,7 @@ func addmethod(sf *Sym, t *Type, local bool, nointerface bool) {
 	}
 
 	// get parent type sym
-	pa := t.Recv0() // ptr to this structure
+	pa := t.Recv() // ptr to this structure
 	if pa == nil {
 		Yyerror("missing receiver")
 		return
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/esc.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/esc.go
index 47de597575..35bdd4803a 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/esc.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/esc.go
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ func esccall(e *EscState, n *Node, up *Node) {
 		initEscretval(e, n, fntype)
 		// If there is a receiver, it also leaks to heap.
 		if n.Op != OCALLFUNC {
-			t := fntype.Recv0()
+			t := fntype.Recv()
 			src := n.Left.Left
 			if haspointers(t.Type) {
 				escassign(e, &e.theSink, src)
@@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@ func esccall(e *EscState, n *Node, up *Node) {
 
 	// Receiver.
 	if n.Op != OCALLFUNC {
-		t := fntype.Recv0()
+		t := fntype.Recv()
 		src := n.Left.Left
 		if haspointers(t.Type) {
 			escassignfromtag(e, t.Note, nE.Escretval, src)
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/export.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/export.go
index 700f353ae2..7c96817d43 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/export.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/export.go
@@ -314,10 +314,10 @@ func dumpexporttype(t *Type) {
 			if Debug['l'] < 2 {
 				typecheckinl(f.Type.Nname)
 			}
-			exportf("\tfunc (%v) %v %v { %v }\n", Tconv(f.Type.Recv0(), obj.FmtSharp), Sconv(f.Sym, obj.FmtShort|obj.FmtByte|obj.FmtSharp), Tconv(f.Type, obj.FmtShort|obj.FmtSharp), Hconv(f.Type.Nname.Func.Inl, obj.FmtSharp))
+			exportf("\tfunc (%v) %v %v { %v }\n", Tconv(f.Type.Recv(), obj.FmtSharp), Sconv(f.Sym, obj.FmtShort|obj.FmtByte|obj.FmtSharp), Tconv(f.Type, obj.FmtShort|obj.FmtSharp), Hconv(f.Type.Nname.Func.Inl, obj.FmtSharp))
 			reexportdeplist(f.Type.Nname.Func.Inl)
 		} else {
-			exportf("\tfunc (%v) %v %v\n", Tconv(f.Type.Recv0(), obj.FmtSharp), Sconv(f.Sym, obj.FmtShort|obj.FmtByte|obj.FmtSharp), Tconv(f.Type, obj.FmtShort|obj.FmtSharp))
+			exportf("\tfunc (%v) %v %v\n", Tconv(f.Type.Recv(), obj.FmtSharp), Sconv(f.Sym, obj.FmtShort|obj.FmtByte|obj.FmtSharp), Tconv(f.Type, obj.FmtShort|obj.FmtSharp))
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/fmt.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/fmt.go
index 7883e02909..bc81ccf78c 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/fmt.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/fmt.go
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ func typefmt(t *Type, flag int) string {
 		} else {
 			if t.Thistuple != 0 {
 				buf.WriteString("method")
-				buf.WriteString(Tconv(t.Recv(), 0))
+				buf.WriteString(Tconv(t.Recvs(), 0))
 				buf.WriteString(" ")
 			}
 			buf.WriteString("func")
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/inl.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/inl.go
index e2377468b6..1ee4ffe85d 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/inl.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/inl.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ var inlretvars *NodeList // temp out variables
 func fnpkg(fn *Node) *Pkg {
 	if fn.Type.Thistuple != 0 {
 		// method
-		rcvr := fn.Type.Recv0().Type
+		rcvr := fn.Type.Recv().Type
 
 		if Isptr[rcvr.Etype] {
 			rcvr = rcvr.Type
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ func mkinlcall1(np **Node, fn *Node, isddd bool) {
 	var as *Node
 	if fn.Type.Thistuple != 0 && n.Left.Op == ODOTMETH {
 		// method call with a receiver.
-		t := fn.Type.Recv0()
+		t := fn.Type.Recv()
 
 		if t != nil && t.Nname != nil && !isblank(t.Nname) && t.Nname.Name.Inlvar == nil {
 			Fatalf("missing inlvar for %v\n", t.Nname)
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ func mkinlcall1(np **Node, fn *Node, isddd bool) {
 		}
 
 		// append receiver inlvar to LHS.
-		t := fn.Type.Recv0()
+		t := fn.Type.Recv()
 
 		if t != nil && t.Nname != nil && !isblank(t.Nname) && t.Nname.Name.Inlvar == nil {
 			Fatalf("missing inlvar for %v\n", t.Nname)
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/lex.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/lex.go
index 9a6e11005b..715fa5e137 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/lex.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/lex.go
@@ -2193,7 +2193,7 @@ func lexinit1() {
 	out.Type.Type = Types[TSTRING]
 	out.Funarg = true
 	f := typ(TFUNC)
-	*f.RecvP() = rcvr
+	*f.RecvsP() = rcvr
 	*f.ResultsP() = out
 	*f.ParamsP() = in
 	f.Thistuple = 1
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/pgen.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/pgen.go
index 607d068c28..359d97518c 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/pgen.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/pgen.go
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func emitptrargsmap() {
 	var xoffset int64
 	if Curfn.Type.Thistuple > 0 {
 		xoffset = 0
-		onebitwalktype1(Curfn.Type.Recv(), &xoffset, bv)
+		onebitwalktype1(Curfn.Type.Recvs(), &xoffset, bv)
 	}
 
 	if Curfn.Type.Intuple > 0 {
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/plive.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/plive.go
index 34bd2a60aa..52729613fc 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/plive.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/plive.go
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ func onebitlivepointermap(lv *Liveness, liveout Bvec, vars []*Node, args Bvec, l
 	// If the receiver or arguments are unnamed, they will be omitted
 	// from the list above. Preserve those values - even though they are unused -
 	// in order to keep their addresses live for use in stack traces.
-	thisargtype := lv.fn.Type.Recv()
+	thisargtype := lv.fn.Type.Recvs()
 
 	if thisargtype != nil {
 		xoffset = 0
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/reflect.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/reflect.go
index 34e7c77f23..f2ad9e7efc 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/reflect.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/reflect.go
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ func methods(t *Type) []*Sig {
 		if f.Type.Etype != TFUNC || f.Type.Thistuple == 0 {
 			Fatalf("non-method on %v method %v %v\n", mt, f.Sym, f)
 		}
-		if f.Type.Recv0() == nil {
+		if f.Type.Recv() == nil {
 			Fatalf("receiver with no type on %v method %v %v\n", mt, f.Sym, f)
 		}
 		if f.Nointerface {
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ func methods(t *Type) []*Sig {
 		// if pointer receiver but non-pointer t and
 		// this is not an embedded pointer inside a struct,
 		// method does not apply.
-		this := f.Type.Recv0().Type
+		this := f.Type.Recv().Type
 
 		if Isptr[this.Etype] && this.Type == t {
 			continue
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ ok:
 		ot = dextratype(s, ot, t, 0)
 
 	case TFUNC:
-		for t1, it := IterFields(t.Recv()); t1 != nil; t1 = it.Next() {
+		for t1, it := IterFields(t.Recvs()); t1 != nil; t1 = it.Next() {
 			dtypesym(t1.Type)
 		}
 		isddd := false
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ ok:
 		ot = dextratype(s, ot, t, dataAdd)
 
 		// Array of rtype pointers follows funcType.
-		for t1, it := IterFields(t.Recv()); t1 != nil; t1 = it.Next() {
+		for t1, it := IterFields(t.Recvs()); t1 != nil; t1 = it.Next() {
 			ot = dsymptr(s, ot, dtypesym(t1.Type), 0)
 		}
 		for t1, it := IterFields(t.Params()); t1 != nil; t1 = it.Next() {
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/subr.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/subr.go
index 892e2ae141..ec98c356f3 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/subr.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/subr.go
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ func eqtype1(t1, t2 *Type, assumedEqual map[typePair]struct{}) bool {
 
 		// Loop over structs: receiver, in, out.
 	case TFUNC:
-		for _, f := range recvParamsResults {
+		for _, f := range recvsParamsResults {
 			// Loop over fields in structs, ignoring argument names.
 			ta, ia := IterFields(f(t1))
 			tb, ib := IterFields(f(t2))
@@ -1131,7 +1131,7 @@ func substAny(tp **Type, types *[]*Type) {
 			continue
 
 		case TFUNC:
-			substAny(t.RecvP(), types)
+			substAny(t.RecvsP(), types)
 			substAny(t.ParamsP(), types)
 			substAny(t.ResultsP(), types)
 
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ func deep(t *Type) *Type {
 
 	case TFUNC:
 		nt = t.Copy()
-		*nt.RecvP() = deep(t.Recv())
+		*nt.RecvsP() = deep(t.Recvs())
 		*nt.ResultsP() = deep(t.Results())
 		*nt.ParamsP() = deep(t.Params())
 
@@ -1959,7 +1959,7 @@ func genwrapper(rcvr *Type, method *Type, newnam *Sym, iface int) {
 		isddd = n.Left.Isddd
 	}
 
-	methodrcvr := method.Type.Recv0().Type
+	methodrcvr := method.Type.Recv().Type
 
 	// generate nil pointer check for better error
 	if Isptr[rcvr.Etype] && rcvr.Type == methodrcvr {
@@ -2148,7 +2148,7 @@ func implements(t *Type, iface *Type, m **Type, samename **Type, ptr *int) bool
 
 		// if pointer receiver in method,
 		// the method does not exist for value types.
-		rcvr = tm.Type.Recv0().Type
+		rcvr = tm.Type.Recv().Type
 
 		if Isptr[rcvr.Etype] && !Isptr[t0.Etype] && !followptr && !isifacemethod(tm.Type) {
 			if false && Debug['r'] != 0 {
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/type.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/type.go
index 5c7e993d67..54745453e3 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/type.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/type.go
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ func (t *Type) wantEtype(et EType) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (t *Type) RecvP() **Type {
+func (t *Type) RecvsP() **Type {
 	t.wantEtype(TFUNC)
 	return &t.Type
 }
@@ -239,18 +239,17 @@ func (t *Type) ResultsP() **Type {
 	return &t.Type.Down
 }
 
-func (t *Type) Recv() *Type    { return *t.RecvP() }
+func (t *Type) Recvs() *Type   { return *t.RecvsP() }
 func (t *Type) Params() *Type  { return *t.ParamsP() }
 func (t *Type) Results() *Type { return *t.ResultsP() }
 
-// TODO(mdempsky): Rename Recv to Recvs, so Recv0 can become just Recv.
-func (t *Type) Recv0() *Type { return t.Recv().Field(0) }
+func (t *Type) Recv() *Type { return t.Recvs().Field(0) }
 
-// recvParamsResults stores the accessor functions for a function Type's
+// recvsParamsResults stores the accessor functions for a function Type's
 // receiver, parameters, and result parameters, in that order.
 // It can be used to iterate over all of a function's parameter lists.
-var recvParamsResults = [3]func(*Type) *Type{
-	(*Type).Recv, (*Type).Params, (*Type).Results,
+var recvsParamsResults = [3]func(*Type) *Type{
+	(*Type).Recvs, (*Type).Params, (*Type).Results,
 }
 
 // Field returns the i'th field/method of struct/interface type t.
@@ -463,7 +462,7 @@ func (t *Type) cmp(x *Type) ssa.Cmp {
 		return ssa.CMPeq
 
 	case TFUNC:
-		for _, f := range recvParamsResults {
+		for _, f := range recvsParamsResults {
 			// Loop over fields in structs, ignoring argument names.
 			ta, ia := IterFields(f(t))
 			tb, ib := IterFields(f(x))
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/typecheck.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/typecheck.go
index ca71e9f23f..22fd9e4d2b 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/typecheck.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/typecheck.go
@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ OpSwitch:
 			// information further down the call chain to know if we
 			// were testing a method receiver for unexported fields.
 			// It isn't necessary, so just do a sanity check.
-			tp := t.Recv0().Type
+			tp := t.Recv().Type
 
 			if l.Left == nil || !Eqtype(l.Left.Type, tp) {
 				Fatalf("method receiver")
@@ -2430,7 +2430,7 @@ func looktypedot(n *Node, t *Type, dostrcmp int) bool {
 	}
 
 	// disallow T.m if m requires *T receiver
-	if Isptr[f2.Type.Recv0().Type.Etype] && !Isptr[t.Etype] && f2.Embedded != 2 && !isifacemethod(f2.Type) {
+	if Isptr[f2.Type.Recv().Type.Etype] && !Isptr[t.Etype] && f2.Embedded != 2 && !isifacemethod(f2.Type) {
 		Yyerror("invalid method expression %v (needs pointer receiver: (*%v).%v)", n, t, Sconv(f2.Sym, obj.FmtShort))
 		return false
 	}
@@ -2513,7 +2513,7 @@ func lookdot(n *Node, t *Type, dostrcmp int) *Type {
 		}
 		tt := n.Left.Type
 		dowidth(tt)
-		rcvr := f2.Type.Recv0().Type
+		rcvr := f2.Type.Recv().Type
 		if !Eqtype(rcvr, tt) {
 			if rcvr.Etype == Tptr && Eqtype(rcvr.Type, tt) {
 				checklvalue(n.Left, "call pointer method on")
@@ -3436,7 +3436,7 @@ func typecheckfunc(n *Node) {
 	}
 	n.Type = t
 	t.Nname = n.Func.Nname
-	rcvr := t.Recv0()
+	rcvr := t.Recv()
 	if rcvr != nil && n.Func.Shortname != nil {
 		addmethod(n.Func.Shortname.Sym, t, true, n.Func.Nname.Nointerface)
 	}
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/walk.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/walk.go
index 12a9b80d7b..30c1ecc040 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/walk.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/walk.go
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ opswitch:
 		}
 		walkexpr(&n.Left, init)
 		walkexprlist(n.List.Slice(), init)
-		ll := ascompatte(n.Op, n, false, t.Recv(), []*Node{n.Left.Left}, 0, init)
+		ll := ascompatte(n.Op, n, false, t.Recvs(), []*Node{n.Left.Left}, 0, init)
 		lr := ascompatte(n.Op, n, n.Isddd, t.Params(), n.List.Slice(), 0, init)
 		ll = append(ll, lr...)
 		n.Left.Left = nil
@@ -2623,7 +2623,7 @@ func returnsfromheap(params *Type) []*Node {
 func heapmoves() {
 	lno := lineno
 	lineno = Curfn.Lineno
-	nn := paramstoheap(Curfn.Type.Recv(), false)
+	nn := paramstoheap(Curfn.Type.Recvs(), false)
 	nn = append(nn, paramstoheap(Curfn.Type.Params(), false)...)
 	nn = append(nn, paramstoheap(Curfn.Type.Results(), true)...)
 	Curfn.Func.Enter.Append(nn...)