diff --git a/dvc/remote/base.py b/dvc/remote/base.py
index 1906cb356..ff187c847 100644
--- a/dvc/remote/base.py
+++ b/dvc/remote/base.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-class Remote(object):
+class RemoteBase(object):
     def __init__(self, project, config):
         pass
 
diff --git a/dvc/remote/gs.py b/dvc/remote/gs.py
index 74b85c4c1..1d4d4554f 100644
--- a/dvc/remote/gs.py
+++ b/dvc/remote/gs.py
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
-from dvc.remote.base import Remote
+from dvc.remote.base import RemoteBase
 
 
-class RemoteGS(Remote):
+class RemoteGS(RemoteBase):
     PARAM_ETAG = 'etag'
 
     def __init__(self, project, config):
diff --git a/dvc/remote/local.py b/dvc/remote/local.py
index 1b3abe78e..4d187089b 100644
--- a/dvc/remote/local.py
+++ b/dvc/remote/local.py
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ import json
 import shutil
 
 from dvc.system import System
-from dvc.remote.base import Remote
+from dvc.remote.base import RemoteBase
 from dvc.state import State
 from dvc.logger import Logger
 from dvc.utils import remove, move
 from dvc.output.base import OutputAlreadyTrackedError
 
 
-class RemoteLOCAL(Remote):
+class RemoteLOCAL(RemoteBase):
     PARAM_MD5 = State.PARAM_MD5
 
     CACHE_DIR = 'cache'
diff --git a/dvc/remote/s3.py b/dvc/remote/s3.py
index 95cfe03f5..1cad13a3a 100644
--- a/dvc/remote/s3.py
+++ b/dvc/remote/s3.py
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
-from dvc.remote.base import Remote
+from dvc.remote.base import RemoteBase
 
 
-class RemoteS3(Remote):
+class RemoteS3(RemoteBase):
     PARAM_ETAG = 'etag'
 
     def __init__(self, project, config):
diff --git a/dvc/remote/ssh.py b/dvc/remote/ssh.py
index 3e83c423e..3b5810172 100644
--- a/dvc/remote/ssh.py
+++ b/dvc/remote/ssh.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-from dvc.remote.base import Remote
+from dvc.remote.base import RemoteBase
 
 
-class RemoteSSH(Remote):
+class RemoteSSH(RemoteBase):
     pass