diff --git a/fdroidserver/deploy.py b/fdroidserver/deploy.py
index 0fef830d..0a0001fc 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/deploy.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/deploy.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def _get_index_includes(base_dir):
     return index_includes
 
 
-def update_awsbucket(repo_section, index_only=False):
+def update_awsbucket(repo_section, is_index_only=False):
     """Upload the contents of the directory `repo_section` (including subdirectories) to the AWS S3 "bucket".
 
     The contents of that subdir of the
@@ -106,12 +106,12 @@ def update_awsbucket(repo_section, index_only=False):
                   + config['awsbucket'] + '"')
 
     if common.set_command_in_config('s3cmd'):
-        update_awsbucket_s3cmd(repo_section, index_only)
+        update_awsbucket_s3cmd(repo_section, is_index_only)
     else:
-        update_awsbucket_libcloud(repo_section, index_only)
+        update_awsbucket_libcloud(repo_section, is_index_only)
 
 
-def update_awsbucket_s3cmd(repo_section, index_only=False):
+def update_awsbucket_s3cmd(repo_section, is_index_only=False):
     """Upload using the CLI tool s3cmd, which provides rsync-like sync.
 
     The upload is done in multiple passes to reduce the chance of
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ def update_awsbucket_s3cmd(repo_section, index_only=False):
 
     s3url = s3bucketurl + '/fdroid/'
 
-    if index_only:
+    if is_index_only:
         logging.debug(_('s3cmd syncs indexes from {path} to {url} and deletes removed')
                       .format(path=repo_section, url=s3url))
         sync_indexes_flags = []
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ def update_awsbucket_s3cmd(repo_section, index_only=False):
             raise FDroidException()
 
 
-def update_awsbucket_libcloud(repo_section, index_only=False):
+def update_awsbucket_libcloud(repo_section, is_index_only=False):
     """No summary.
 
     Upload the contents of the directory `repo_section` (including
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ def update_awsbucket_libcloud(repo_section, index_only=False):
         if obj.name.startswith(upload_dir + '/'):
             objs[obj.name] = obj
 
-    if index_only:
+    if is_index_only:
         index_files = [f"{os.getcwd()}/{name}" for name in _get_index_file_paths(repo_section)]
         files_to_upload = [os.path.join(root, name) for root, dirs, files in os.walk(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), repo_section)) for name in files]
         files_to_upload = list(set(files_to_upload) & set(index_files))
@@ -335,9 +335,9 @@ def update_serverwebroot(serverwebroot, repo_section):
     elif config and config.get('identity_file'):
         rsyncargs += ['-e', 'ssh -oBatchMode=yes -oIdentitiesOnly=yes -i ' + config['identity_file']]
     url = serverwebroot['url']
-    index_only = serverwebroot.get('index_only', False)
+    is_index_only = serverwebroot.get('index_only', False)
     logging.info('rsyncing ' + repo_section + ' to ' + url)
-    if index_only:
+    if is_index_only:
         rsyncargs += _get_index_file_paths(repo_section)
         rsyncargs += [f'{url}/{repo_section}/']
         logging.info(rsyncargs)