diff --git a/flags/assertflags.py b/flags/assertflags.py
index 3373275..c7f0b08 100644
--- a/flags/assertflags.py
+++ b/flags/assertflags.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import sysconfig
 
 # The flags that currently don't have the -Og flag on the debug build
 # and we consider it OK, because we don't know any better :)
-WHITELIST = [
+SKIP = [
     'CONFIGURE_CFLAGS',
     'CONFIGURE_CFLAGS_NODIST',
     'CONFIG_ARGS',
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ print('Expecting that {} is the last -O flag:\n'.format(sys.argv[1]))
 ret = 0
 
 for key, flags in sysconfig.get_config_vars().items():
-    if key in WHITELIST:
+    if key in SKIP:
         continue
     if isinstance(flags, str):
         oflags = [f for f in flags.split(' ') if f.startswith('-O')]