diff --git a/cli/lsp/language_server.rs b/cli/lsp/language_server.rs
index 41323a3009..d5fa03e248 100644
--- a/cli/lsp/language_server.rs
+++ b/cli/lsp/language_server.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use deno_core::serde_json::json;
 use deno_core::serde_json::Value;
 use deno_core::ModuleSpecifier;
 use deno_graph::ModuleKind;
-use deno_runtime::tokio_util::run_basic;
+use deno_runtime::tokio_util::run_local;
 use import_map::ImportMap;
 use log::error;
 use log::warn;
@@ -2822,7 +2822,7 @@ impl Inner {
     // todo(dsherret): why is running this on a new thread necessary? It does
     // a compile error otherwise.
     let handle = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(|| {
-      run_basic(
+      run_local(
         async move { create_graph_for_caching(cli_options, roots).await },
       )
     });
diff --git a/cli/lsp/testing/execution.rs b/cli/lsp/testing/execution.rs
index 366eedd6de..d5c0f6278e 100644
--- a/cli/lsp/testing/execution.rs
+++ b/cli/lsp/testing/execution.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ use deno_core::ModuleSpecifier;
 use deno_runtime::ops::io::Stdio;
 use deno_runtime::ops::io::StdioPipe;
 use deno_runtime::permissions::Permissions;
-use deno_runtime::tokio_util::run_basic;
+use deno_runtime::tokio_util::run_local;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ impl TestRun {
 
       tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
         let origin = specifier.to_string();
-        let file_result = run_basic(test_specifier(
+        let file_result = run_local(test_specifier(
           ps,
           permissions,
           specifier,
diff --git a/cli/main.rs b/cli/main.rs
index 18eb58ff51..c6188fec84 100644
--- a/cli/main.rs
+++ b/cli/main.rs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ use deno_runtime::colors;
 use deno_runtime::ops::worker_host::CreateWebWorkerCb;
 use deno_runtime::ops::worker_host::PreloadModuleCb;
 use deno_runtime::permissions::Permissions;
-use deno_runtime::tokio_util::run_basic;
+use deno_runtime::tokio_util::run_local;
 use deno_runtime::web_worker::WebWorker;
 use deno_runtime::web_worker::WebWorkerOptions;
 use deno_runtime::worker::MainWorker;
@@ -1392,7 +1392,7 @@ pub fn main() {
     exit_code
   };
 
-  let exit_code = unwrap_or_exit(run_basic(exit_code));
+  let exit_code = unwrap_or_exit(run_local(exit_code));
 
   std::process::exit(exit_code);
 }
diff --git a/cli/tools/bench.rs b/cli/tools/bench.rs
index 3946435dfd..e859ef7866 100644
--- a/cli/tools/bench.rs
+++ b/cli/tools/bench.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ use deno_core::futures::StreamExt;
 use deno_core::ModuleSpecifier;
 use deno_graph::ModuleKind;
 use deno_runtime::permissions::Permissions;
-use deno_runtime::tokio_util::run_basic;
+use deno_runtime::tokio_util::run_local;
 use indexmap::IndexMap;
 use log::Level;
 use serde::Deserialize;
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ async fn bench_specifiers(
     tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
       let future = bench_specifier(ps, permissions, specifier, sender, options);
 
-      run_basic(future)
+      run_local(future)
     })
   });
 
diff --git a/cli/tools/test.rs b/cli/tools/test.rs
index 5586026ccc..d5317a7610 100644
--- a/cli/tools/test.rs
+++ b/cli/tools/test.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ use deno_graph::ModuleKind;
 use deno_runtime::ops::io::Stdio;
 use deno_runtime::ops::io::StdioPipe;
 use deno_runtime::permissions::Permissions;
-use deno_runtime::tokio_util::run_basic;
+use deno_runtime::tokio_util::run_local;
 use log::Level;
 use rand::rngs::SmallRng;
 use rand::seq::SliceRandom;
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ async fn test_specifiers(
 
       tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
         let origin = specifier.to_string();
-        let file_result = run_basic(test_specifier(
+        let file_result = run_local(test_specifier(
           ps,
           permissions,
           specifier,
diff --git a/runtime/tokio_util.rs b/runtime/tokio_util.rs
index 25693ae552..52888abe45 100644
--- a/runtime/tokio_util.rs
+++ b/runtime/tokio_util.rs
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ pub fn create_basic_runtime() -> tokio::runtime::Runtime {
     .unwrap()
 }
 
-// TODO(ry) rename to run_local ?
-pub fn run_basic<F, R>(future: F) -> R
+pub fn run_local<F, R>(future: F) -> R
 where
   F: std::future::Future<Output = R>,
 {
diff --git a/runtime/web_worker.rs b/runtime/web_worker.rs
index ba2c016cc9..83ba380a6f 100644
--- a/runtime/web_worker.rs
+++ b/runtime/web_worker.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use crate::js;
 use crate::ops;
 use crate::ops::io::Stdio;
 use crate::permissions::Permissions;
-use crate::tokio_util::run_basic;
+use crate::tokio_util::run_local;
 use crate::worker::FormatJsErrorFn;
 use crate::BootstrapOptions;
 use deno_broadcast_channel::InMemoryBroadcastChannel;
@@ -733,5 +733,5 @@ pub fn run_web_worker(
     debug!("Worker thread shuts down {}", &name);
     result
   };
-  run_basic(fut)
+  run_local(fut)
 }