diff --git a/DEFS b/DEFS
index dac31f22f..759818aad 100644
--- a/DEFS
+++ b/DEFS
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import os
 
-analyzers = ['infer', 'eradicate']
+analyzers = ['infer', 'checkers']
 
 original_java_library = java_library
 def java_library(
diff --git a/infer/lib/python/inferlib/config.py b/infer/lib/python/inferlib/config.py
index 6977de1b7..897a2ca1c 100644
--- a/infer/lib/python/inferlib/config.py
+++ b/infer/lib/python/inferlib/config.py
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ BUCK_OUT_GEN = os.path.join(BUCK_OUT, 'gen')
 
 # list of possible analyzers
 ANALYZER_INFER = 'infer'
-ANALYZER_ERADICATE = 'eradicate'
 ANALYZER_CHECKERS = 'checkers'
 ANALYZER_CAPTURE = 'capture'
 ANALYZER_COMPILE = 'compile'
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ ANALYZERS = [
     ANALYZER_CHECKERS,
     ANALYZER_COMPILE,
     ANALYZER_CRASHCONTEXT,
-    ANALYZER_ERADICATE,
     ANALYZER_INFER,
     ANALYZER_LINTERS,
 ]
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.ml b/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.ml
index 1b2c26da5..c7d4c8e8b 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.ml
@@ -343,8 +343,8 @@ let is_checker_enabled checker_name =
      && not (List.mem ~equal:String.( = ) Config.checks_disabled_by_default checker_name)
 
 (* This function loads and list the path that are being filtered by the analyzer. The results *)
-(* are of the form: path/to/file.java -> {infer, eradicate} meaning that analysis results will *)
-(* be reported on path/to/file.java both for infer and for eradicate *)
+(* are of the form: path/to/file.java -> {infer, checkers} meaning that analysis results will *)
+(* be reported on path/to/file.java both for infer and for the checkers *)
 let test () =
   let filters =
     List.map
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.ml b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
index 421ff1de0..2cee5249e 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ and analyzer =
     ~in_help:CLOpt.([(Analyze, manual_generic); (Run, manual_generic)])
     {|Specify which analyzer to run (only one at a time is supported):
 - $(b,infer): run the bi-abduction based checker, in particular to check for memory errors (activated by default)
-- $(b,checkers), $(b,eradicate): run the specified analysis
+- $(b,checkers): run the checkers
 - $(b,capture): similar to specifying the $(b,capture) subcommand (DEPRECATED)
 - $(b,compile): similar to specifying the $(b,compile) subcommand (DEPRECATED)
 - $(b,crashcontext): experimental (see $(b,--crashcontext))