diff --git a/plugins/Alias.py b/plugins/Alias.py
index df06460a3..62eea9322 100644
--- a/plugins/Alias.py
+++ b/plugins/Alias.py
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ import plugins
 import os
 import re
 import sets
-import types
 
 import conf
 import utils
@@ -148,10 +147,9 @@ def makeNewAlias(name, alias):
         Owner = irc.getCallback('Owner')
         Owner.disambiguate(irc, tokens)
         self.Proxy(irc.irc, msg, tokens)
-    f = types.FunctionType(f.func_code, f.func_globals,
-                           name, closure=f.func_closure)
-    f.__doc__ ='<an alias, %s>\n\nAlias for %r' % \
-                (utils.nItems('argument', biggestDollar), alias)
+    doc ='<an alias, %s>\n\nAlias for %r' % \
+          (utils.nItems('argument', biggestDollar), alias)
+    f = utils.changeFunctionName(f, name, doc)
     return f
 
 
diff --git a/plugins/Lookup.py b/plugins/Lookup.py
index a72dd0293..4cb70aff5 100644
--- a/plugins/Lookup.py
+++ b/plugins/Lookup.py
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ import os
 import re
 import sys
 import sets
-import types
 import getopt
 import string
 
@@ -183,8 +182,6 @@ class Lookup(callbacks.Privmsg):
         def f(self, irc, msg, args):
             args.insert(0, name)
             self._lookup(irc, msg, args)
-        f = types.FunctionType(f.func_code, f.func_globals,
-                               name, closure=f.func_closure)
         db = self.dbHandler.getDb()
         cursor = db.cursor()
         cursor.execute("""SELECT COUNT(*) FROM %s""" % name)
@@ -195,9 +192,7 @@ class Lookup(callbacks.Privmsg):
         returns a random key: value pair from the database.  There are
         %s in the database.
         """ % (name, utils.nItems(name, rows))
-        f = types.FunctionType(f.func_code, f.func_globals,
-                               f.func_name, closure=f.func_closure)
-        f.__doc__ = docstring
+        f = utils.changeFunctionName(f, name, docstring)
         self.lookupDomains.add(name)
         setattr(self.__class__, name, f)
 
diff --git a/plugins/RSS.py b/plugins/RSS.py
index 1e7c0add1..afeb8d1ff 100644
--- a/plugins/RSS.py
+++ b/plugins/RSS.py
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ import plugins
 
 import sets
 import time
-import types
 from itertools import imap
 
 import rssparser
@@ -170,9 +169,7 @@ class RSS(callbacks.Privmsg, configurable.Mixin):
         def f(self, irc, msg, args):
             args.insert(0, url)
             self.rss(irc, msg, args)
-        f = types.FunctionType(f.func_code, f.func_globals,
-                               name, closure=f.func_closure)
-        f.__doc__ = docstring
+        f = utils.changeFunctionName(f, name, docstring)
         f.url = url # Used by __call__.
         self.feedNames.add(name)
         setattr(self.__class__, name, f)
diff --git a/src/callbacks.py b/src/callbacks.py
index 9f12c44a1..ef3371deb 100644
--- a/src/callbacks.py
+++ b/src/callbacks.py
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ import copy
 import sets
 import time
 import shlex
-import types
 import getopt
 import string
 import inspect
@@ -649,8 +648,7 @@ class Privmsg(irclib.IrcCallback):
                     handleBadArgs()
             else:
                 handleBadArgs()
-        dispatcher = types.FunctionType(dispatcher.func_code,
-                                        dispatcher.func_globals, canonicalname)
+        dispatcher = utils.changeFunctionName(dispatcher, canonicalname)
         if self._original:
             dispatcher.__doc__ = self._original.__doc__
         else: