diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 942e71417e63..f082c185d05e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ enable_testing()
 
 # ---[ Build variables set within the cmake tree
 include(cmake/BuildVariables.cmake)
-set(CAFFE2_WHITELIST "" CACHE STRING "A whitelist file of files that one should build.")
+set(CAFFE2_ALLOWLIST "" CACHE STRING "A allowlist file of files that one should build.")
 
 # Set default build type
 if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
@@ -499,8 +499,8 @@ if(USE_VULKAN_SHADERC_RUNTIME)
   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DUSE_VULKAN_SHADERC_RUNTIME")
 endif()
 
-# ---[ Whitelist file if whitelist is specified
-include(cmake/Whitelist.cmake)
+# ---[ Allowlist file if allowlist is specified
+include(cmake/Allowlist.cmake)
 
 # ---[ Set link flag, handle additional deps for gcc 4.8 and above
 if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 4.8.0 AND NOT ANDROID)
diff --git a/caffe2/CMakeLists.txt b/caffe2/CMakeLists.txt
index aaa5cd4ec2d8..051100922c9c 100644
--- a/caffe2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/caffe2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -142,12 +142,12 @@ if(NOT INTERN_BUILD_MOBILE OR BUILD_CAFFE2_MOBILE)
   add_subdirectory(transforms)
 endif()
 
-# Advanced: if we have white list specified, we will do intersections for all
+# Advanced: if we have allow list specified, we will do intersections for all
 # main lib srcs.
-if(CAFFE2_WHITELISTED_FILES)
-  caffe2_do_whitelist(Caffe2_CPU_SRCS CAFFE2_WHITELISTED_FILES)
-  caffe2_do_whitelist(Caffe2_GPU_SRCS CAFFE2_WHITELISTED_FILES)
-  caffe2_do_whitelist(Caffe2_HIP_SRCS CAFFE2_WHITELISTED_FILES)
+if(CAFFE2_ALLOWLISTED_FILES)
+  caffe2_do_allowlist(Caffe2_CPU_SRCS CAFFE2_ALLOWLISTED_FILES)
+  caffe2_do_allowlist(Caffe2_GPU_SRCS CAFFE2_ALLOWLISTED_FILES)
+  caffe2_do_allowlist(Caffe2_HIP_SRCS CAFFE2_ALLOWLISTED_FILES)
 endif()
 
 # Debug messages - if you want to get a list of source files, enable the
diff --git a/cmake/Allowlist.cmake b/cmake/Allowlist.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bcee889ad53a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/Allowlist.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+
+if(__caffe2_allowlist_included)
+  return()
+endif()
+
+set(__caffe2_allowlist_included TRUE)
+
+set(CAFFE2_ALLOWLISTED_FILES)
+if(NOT CAFFE2_ALLOWLIST)
+  return()
+endif()
+
+# First read the allowlist file and break it by line.
+file(READ "${CAFFE2_ALLOWLIST}" allowlist_content)
+# Convert file contents into a CMake list
+string(REGEX REPLACE "\n" ";" allowlist_content ${allowlist_content})
+
+foreach(item ${allowlist_content})
+  file(GLOB_RECURSE tmp ${item})
+  set(CAFFE2_ALLOWLISTED_FILES ${CAFFE2_ALLOWLISTED_FILES} ${tmp})
+endforeach()
+
+macro(caffe2_do_allowlist output allowlist)
+  set(_tmp)
+  foreach(item ${${output}})
+    list(FIND ${allowlist} ${item} _index)
+    if(${_index} GREATER -1)
+      set(_tmp ${_tmp} ${item})
+    endif()
+  endforeach()
+  set(${output} ${_tmp})
+endmacro()
diff --git a/cmake/Whitelist.cmake b/cmake/Whitelist.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index cb00c6d4b980..000000000000
--- a/cmake/Whitelist.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-
-if(__caffe2_whitelist_included)
-  return()
-endif()
-
-set(__caffe2_whitelist_included TRUE)
-
-set(CAFFE2_WHITELISTED_FILES)
-if(NOT CAFFE2_WHITELIST)
-  return()
-endif()
-
-# First read the whitelist file and break it by line.
-file(READ "${CAFFE2_WHITELIST}" whitelist_content)
-# Convert file contents into a CMake list
-string(REGEX REPLACE "\n" ";" whitelist_content ${whitelist_content})
-
-foreach(item ${whitelist_content})
-  file(GLOB_RECURSE tmp ${item})
-  set(CAFFE2_WHITELISTED_FILES ${CAFFE2_WHITELISTED_FILES} ${tmp})
-endforeach()
-
-macro(caffe2_do_whitelist output whitelist)
-  set(_tmp)
-  foreach(item ${${output}})
-    list(FIND ${whitelist} ${item} _index)
-    if(${_index} GREATER -1)
-      set(_tmp ${_tmp} ${item})
-    endif()
-  endforeach()
-  set(${output} ${_tmp})
-endmacro()