diff --git a/specification/hugr.md b/specification/hugr.md
index fc5f6f65b..2033aea2a 100644
--- a/specification/hugr.md
+++ b/specification/hugr.md
@@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@ omitted it defaults to the parent of `c` (in this case said `c` will
 have to be in a DSG or CSG rather than under the Module Root.) If `P` is
 provided, it must be a descendent of the parent of `c`.
 
-###### `RemoveConstIgnore`
+###### `RemoveLoadConstant`
 
 Given a `LoadConstant<T>` node `n` that has no outgoing edges, remove
 it (and its incoming Static edge and any Order edges) from the hugr.
@@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@ using `Replace` (with a set of `identity<T>` nodes) followed by
 ### Normalisation
 
 We envisage that some kind of pass can be used after a rewrite or series
-of rewrites to automatically apply RemoveConstIgnore for any unused
+of rewrites to automatically apply RemoveLoadConstant for any unused
 load\_constants, and other such
 tidies. This might be global, or by tracking which parts of the Hugr
 have been touched.
diff --git a/src/algorithm/const_fold.rs b/src/algorithm/const_fold.rs
index 6ae55f8a9..531181d58 100644
--- a/src/algorithm/const_fold.rs
+++ b/src/algorithm/const_fold.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use crate::{
     builder::{DFGBuilder, Dataflow, DataflowHugr},
     extension::{ConstFoldResult, ExtensionRegistry},
     hugr::{
-        rewrite::consts::{RemoveConst, RemoveConstIgnore},
+        rewrite::consts::{RemoveConst, RemoveLoadConstant},
         views::SiblingSubgraph,
         HugrMut,
     },
@@ -96,14 +96,14 @@ fn const_graph(consts: Vec<Const>, reg: &ExtensionRegistry) -> Hugr {
 /// return an iterator of possible constant folding rewrites. The
 /// [`SimpleReplacement`] replaces an operation with constants that result from
 /// evaluating it, the extension registry `reg` is used to validate the
-/// replacement HUGR. The vector of [`RemoveConstIgnore`] refer to the
+/// replacement HUGR. The vector of [`RemoveLoadConstant`] refer to the
 /// LoadConstant nodes that could be removed - they are not automatically
 /// removed as they may be used by other operations.
 pub fn find_consts<'a, 'r: 'a>(
     hugr: &'a impl HugrView,
     candidate_nodes: impl IntoIterator<Item = Node> + 'a,
     reg: &'r ExtensionRegistry,
-) -> impl Iterator<Item = (SimpleReplacement, Vec<RemoveConstIgnore>)> + 'a {
+) -> impl Iterator<Item = (SimpleReplacement, Vec<RemoveLoadConstant>)> + 'a {
     // track nodes for operations that have already been considered for folding
     let mut used_neighbours = BTreeSet::new();
 
@@ -135,14 +135,14 @@ fn fold_op(
     hugr: &impl HugrView,
     op_node: Node,
     reg: &ExtensionRegistry,
-) -> Option<(SimpleReplacement, Vec<RemoveConstIgnore>)> {
+) -> Option<(SimpleReplacement, Vec<RemoveLoadConstant>)> {
     // only support leaf folding for now.
     let neighbour_op = hugr.get_optype(op_node).as_leaf_op()?;
     let (in_consts, removals): (Vec<_>, Vec<_>) = hugr
         .node_inputs(op_node)
         .filter_map(|in_p| {
             let (con_op, load_n) = get_const(hugr, op_node, in_p)?;
-            Some(((in_p, con_op), RemoveConstIgnore(load_n)))
+            Some(((in_p, con_op), RemoveLoadConstant(load_n)))
         })
         .unzip();
     // attempt to evaluate op
diff --git a/src/hugr/rewrite/consts.rs b/src/hugr/rewrite/consts.rs
index 2fee7a53d..e1a0fd487 100644
--- a/src/hugr/rewrite/consts.rs
+++ b/src/hugr/rewrite/consts.rs
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ use super::Rewrite;
 
 /// Remove a [`crate::ops::LoadConstant`] node with no consumers.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct RemoveConstIgnore(pub Node);
+pub struct RemoveLoadConstant(pub Node);
 
-/// Error from an [`RemoveConst`] or [`RemoveConstIgnore`] operation.
+/// Error from an [`RemoveConst`] or [`RemoveLoadConstant`] operation.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Error, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum RemoveError {
     /// Invalid node.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pub enum RemoveError {
     RemoveFail(#[from] HugrError),
 }
 
-impl Rewrite for RemoveConstIgnore {
+impl Rewrite for RemoveLoadConstant {
     type Error = RemoveError;
 
     // The Const node the LoadConstant was connected to.
@@ -161,20 +161,20 @@ mod test {
         );
 
         assert_eq!(
-            h.apply_rewrite(RemoveConstIgnore(tup_node)),
+            h.apply_rewrite(RemoveLoadConstant(tup_node)),
             Err(RemoveError::InvalidNode(tup_node))
         );
         let load_1_node = load_1.node();
         let load_2_node = load_2.node();
         let con_node = con_node.node();
 
-        let remove_1 = RemoveConstIgnore(load_1_node);
+        let remove_1 = RemoveLoadConstant(load_1_node);
         assert_eq!(
             remove_1.invalidation_set().exactly_one().ok(),
             Some(load_1_node)
         );
 
-        let remove_2 = RemoveConstIgnore(load_2_node);
+        let remove_2 = RemoveLoadConstant(load_2_node);
 
         let remove_con = RemoveConst(con_node);
         assert_eq!(