diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/components/ListHeader/ListHeader.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/components/ListHeader/ListHeader.jsx
index d24d3899ba..b974f1d410 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/components/ListHeader/ListHeader.jsx
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/components/ListHeader/ListHeader.jsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   parseQueryString,
   mergeParams,
   removeParams,
-  replaceNamespacedParams,
+  updateQueryString,
 } from '../../util/qs';
 import { QSConfig, SearchColumns, SortColumns } from '../../types';
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class ListHeader extends React.Component {
   handleSearch(key, value) {
     const { location, qsConfig } = this.props;
     const params = parseQueryString(qsConfig, location.search);
-    const qs = replaceNamespacedParams(qsConfig, location.search, {
+    const qs = updateQueryString(qsConfig, location.search, {
       ...mergeParams(params, { [key]: value }),
       page: 1,
     });
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class ListHeader extends React.Component {
 
   handleReplaceSearch(key, value) {
     const { location, qsConfig } = this.props;
-    const qs = replaceNamespacedParams(qsConfig, location.search, {
+    const qs = updateQueryString(qsConfig, location.search, {
       [key]: value,
     });
     this.pushHistoryState(qs);
@@ -59,11 +59,7 @@ class ListHeader extends React.Component {
     const updatedParams = removeParams(qsConfig, oldParams, {
       [key]: value,
     });
-    const qs = replaceNamespacedParams(
-      qsConfig,
-      location.search,
-      updatedParams
-    );
+    const qs = updateQueryString(qsConfig, location.search, updatedParams);
     this.pushHistoryState(qs);
   }
 
@@ -75,13 +71,13 @@ class ListHeader extends React.Component {
     });
     delete oldParams.page_size;
     delete oldParams.order_by;
-    const qs = replaceNamespacedParams(qsConfig, location.search, oldParams);
+    const qs = updateQueryString(qsConfig, location.search, oldParams);
     this.pushHistoryState(qs);
   }
 
   handleSort(key, order) {
     const { location, qsConfig } = this.props;
-    const qs = replaceNamespacedParams(qsConfig, location.search, {
+    const qs = updateQueryString(qsConfig, location.search, {
       order_by: order === 'ascending' ? key : `-${key}`,
       page: null,
     });
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/components/PaginatedDataList/PaginatedDataList.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/components/PaginatedDataList/PaginatedDataList.jsx
index 6a30d821b0..74a0596de1 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/components/PaginatedDataList/PaginatedDataList.jsx
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/components/PaginatedDataList/PaginatedDataList.jsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import ContentLoading from '../ContentLoading';
 import Pagination from '../Pagination';
 import DataListToolbar from '../DataListToolbar';
 
-import { parseQueryString, replaceNamespacedParams } from '../../util/qs';
+import { parseQueryString, updateQueryString } from '../../util/qs';
 
 import { QSConfig, SearchColumns, SortColumns } from '../../types';
 
@@ -46,22 +46,22 @@ function PaginatedDataList({
   };
 
   const handleSetPage = (event, pageNumber) => {
-    const encodedParams = replaceNamespacedParams(qsConfig, search, {
+    const qs = updateQueryString(qsConfig, search, {
       page: pageNumber,
     });
-    pushHistoryState(encodedParams);
+    pushHistoryState(qs);
   };
 
   const handleSetPageSize = (event, pageSize, page) => {
-    const encodedParams = replaceNamespacedParams(qsConfig, search, {
+    const qs = updateQueryString(qsConfig, search, {
       page_size: pageSize,
       page,
     });
-    pushHistoryState(encodedParams);
+    pushHistoryState(qs);
   };
 
-  const pushHistoryState = encodedParams => {
-    history.push(encodedParams ? `${pathname}?${encodedParams}` : pathname);
+  const pushHistoryState = qs => {
+    history.push(qs ? `${pathname}?${qs}` : pathname);
   };
 
   const searchColumns = toolbarSearchColumns.length
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/components/PaginatedTable/HeaderRow.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/components/PaginatedTable/HeaderRow.jsx
index 368c3eac23..230a61705b 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/components/PaginatedTable/HeaderRow.jsx
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/components/PaginatedTable/HeaderRow.jsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { useLocation, useHistory } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { Thead, Tr, Th as PFTh } from '@patternfly/react-table';
 import styled from 'styled-components';
-import { parseQueryString, replaceNamespacedParams } from '../../util/qs';
+import { parseQueryString, updateQueryString } from '../../util/qs';
 
 const Th = styled(PFTh)`
   --pf-c-table--cell--Overflow: initial;
@@ -21,15 +21,11 @@ export default function HeaderRow({
   const params = parseQueryString(qsConfig, location.search);
 
   const onSort = (key, order) => {
-    const encodedParams = replaceNamespacedParams(qsConfig, location.search, {
+    const qs = updateQueryString(qsConfig, location.search, {
       order_by: order === 'asc' ? key : `-${key}`,
       page: null,
     });
-    history.push(
-      encodedParams
-        ? `${location.pathname}?${encodedParams}`
-        : location.pathname
-    );
+    history.push(qs ? `${location.pathname}?${qs}` : location.pathname);
   };
 
   const sortKey = params.order_by?.replace('-', '');
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/components/PaginatedTable/PaginatedTable.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/components/PaginatedTable/PaginatedTable.jsx
index d73082162a..7fd76a207d 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/components/PaginatedTable/PaginatedTable.jsx
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/components/PaginatedTable/PaginatedTable.jsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import Pagination from '../Pagination';
 import DataListToolbar from '../DataListToolbar';
 import LoadingSpinner from '../LoadingSpinner';
 
-import { parseQueryString, replaceNamespacedParams } from '../../util/qs';
+import { parseQueryString, updateQueryString } from '../../util/qs';
 import { QSConfig, SearchColumns } from '../../types';
 
 function PaginatedTable({
@@ -38,23 +38,23 @@ function PaginatedTable({
   const { search, pathname } = useLocation();
   const history = useHistory();
 
-  const pushHistoryState = encodedParams => {
-    history.push(encodedParams ? `${pathname}?${encodedParams}` : pathname);
+  const pushHistoryState = qs => {
+    history.push(qs ? `${pathname}?${qs}` : pathname);
   };
 
   const handleSetPage = (event, pageNumber) => {
-    const encodedParams = replaceNamespacedParams(qsConfig, search, {
+    const qs = updateQueryString(qsConfig, search, {
       page: pageNumber,
     });
-    pushHistoryState(encodedParams);
+    pushHistoryState(qs);
   };
 
   const handleSetPageSize = (event, pageSize, page) => {
-    const encodedParams = replaceNamespacedParams(qsConfig, search, {
+    const qs = updateQueryString(qsConfig, search, {
       page_size: pageSize,
       page,
     });
-    pushHistoryState(encodedParams);
+    pushHistoryState(qs);
   };
 
   const searchColumns = toolbarSearchColumns.length
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Inventory/InventoryList/useWsInventories.js b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Inventory/InventoryList/useWsInventories.js
index c975100906..b595cdf028 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Inventory/InventoryList/useWsInventories.js
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Inventory/InventoryList/useWsInventories.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { useLocation, useHistory } from 'react-router-dom';
-import { parseQueryString, replaceNamespacedParams } from '../../../util/qs';
+import { parseQueryString, updateQueryString } from '../../../util/qs';
 import useWebsocket from '../../../util/useWebsocket';
 import useThrottle from '../../../util/useThrottle';
 
@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ export default function useWsInventories(
       ) {
         // We've deleted the last inventory on this page so we'll
         // try to navigate back to the previous page
-        const newParams = replaceNamespacedParams(qsConfig, location.search, {
+        const qs = updateQueryString(qsConfig, location.search, {
           page: params.page - 1,
         });
-        history.push(`${location.pathname}?${newParams}`);
+        history.push(`${location.pathname}?${qs}`);
         return;
       }
 
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Job/JobOutput/JobOutput.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Job/JobOutput/JobOutput.jsx
index e4282e9922..dfcdc90178 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Job/JobOutput/JobOutput.jsx
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Job/JobOutput/JobOutput.jsx
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import {
   mergeParams,
   removeParams,
   getQSConfig,
-  replaceNamespacedParams,
+  updateQueryString,
 } from '../../../util/qs';
 import useIsMounted from '../../../util/useIsMounted';
 
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ function JobOutput({ job, eventRelatedSearchableKeys, eventSearchableKeys }) {
 
   const handleSearch = (key, value) => {
     const params = parseQueryString(QS_CONFIG, location.search);
-    const qs = replaceNamespacedParams(
+    const qs = updateQueryString(
       QS_CONFIG,
       location.search,
       mergeParams(params, { [key]: value })
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ function JobOutput({ job, eventRelatedSearchableKeys, eventSearchableKeys }) {
   };
 
   const handleReplaceSearch = (key, value) => {
-    const qs = replaceNamespacedParams(QS_CONFIG, location.search, {
+    const qs = updateQueryString(QS_CONFIG, location.search, {
       [key]: value,
     });
     pushHistoryState(qs);
@@ -609,11 +609,7 @@ function JobOutput({ job, eventRelatedSearchableKeys, eventSearchableKeys }) {
     const updatedParams = removeParams(QS_CONFIG, oldParams, {
       [key]: value,
     });
-    const qs = replaceNamespacedParams(
-      QS_CONFIG,
-      location.search,
-      updatedParams
-    );
+    const qs = updateQueryString(QS_CONFIG, location.search, updatedParams);
     pushHistoryState(qs);
   };
 
@@ -622,7 +618,7 @@ function JobOutput({ job, eventRelatedSearchableKeys, eventSearchableKeys }) {
     Object.keys(oldParams).forEach(key => {
       oldParams[key] = null;
     });
-    const qs = replaceNamespacedParams(QS_CONFIG, location.search, oldParams);
+    const qs = updateQueryString(QS_CONFIG, location.search, oldParams);
     pushHistoryState(qs);
   };
 
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/util/qs.js b/awx/ui_next/src/util/qs.js
index a5e0005626..f3eaaa6cd1 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/util/qs.js
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/util/qs.js
@@ -262,10 +262,10 @@ export function replaceParams(oldParams, newParams) {
  * @param {object} qs config object for namespacing params, filtering defaults
  * @param {string} the url query string to update
  * @param {object} namespaced params to add or update. use null to indicate
- *        a param should be deleted from the query string
+ *        a param that should be deleted from the query string
  * @return {string} url query string
  */
-export function replaceNamespacedParams(config, queryString, newParams) {
+export function updateQueryString(config, queryString, newParams) {
   const oldParams = parseQueryString(config, queryString);
   const updatedParams = replaceParams(oldParams, newParams);
   const nonNamespacedParams = parseQueryString({}, queryString);
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/util/qs.test.js b/awx/ui_next/src/util/qs.test.js
index 5c0d8ed1b6..aa90f3ed3b 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/util/qs.test.js
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/util/qs.test.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
   _addDefaultsToObject,
   mergeParams,
   replaceParams,
-  replaceNamespacedParams,
+  updateQueryString,
 } from './qs';
 
 describe('qs (qs.js)', () => {
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ describe('qs (qs.js)', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('replaceNamespacedParams', () => {
+  describe('updateQueryString', () => {
     const config = {
       namespace: 'template',
       defaultParams: { page: 1, page_size: 5, order_by: 'name' },
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ describe('qs (qs.js)', () => {
       const newParams = {
         page: 3,
       };
-      expect(replaceNamespacedParams(config, query, newParams)).toEqual(
+      expect(updateQueryString(config, query, newParams)).toEqual(
         'template.name__icontains=workflow&template.page=3'
       );
     });
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ describe('qs (qs.js)', () => {
       const newParams = {
         or__type: 'job_template',
       };
-      expect(replaceNamespacedParams(config, query, newParams)).toEqual(
+      expect(updateQueryString(config, query, newParams)).toEqual(
         'template.name__icontains=workflow&template.or__type=job_template&template.page=2'
       );
     });
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ describe('qs (qs.js)', () => {
       const newParams = {
         page: 3,
       };
-      expect(replaceNamespacedParams(config, query, newParams)).toEqual(
+      expect(updateQueryString(config, query, newParams)).toEqual(
         'foo=bar&template.name__icontains=workflow&template.page=3'
       );
     });
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ describe('qs (qs.js)', () => {
         page: 3,
         name__icontains: null,
       };
-      expect(replaceNamespacedParams(config, query, newParams)).toEqual(
+      expect(updateQueryString(config, query, newParams)).toEqual(
         'template.page=3'
       );
     });
@@ -905,20 +905,20 @@ describe('qs (qs.js)', () => {
         page: 3,
         page_size: 5,
       };
-      expect(replaceNamespacedParams(config, query, newParams)).toEqual(
+      expect(updateQueryString(config, query, newParams)).toEqual(
         'template.page=3'
       );
     });
 
     // This fix needed after we're confident refactoring components
-    // to use replaceNamespacedParams provides equivalent functionality
+    // to use updateQueryString provides equivalent functionality
     test.skip('should not alter params of other namespaces', () => {
       const query =
         'template.name__icontains=workflow&template.page=2&credential.page=3';
       const newParams = {
         page: 3,
       };
-      expect(replaceNamespacedParams(config, query, newParams)).toEqual(
+      expect(updateQueryString(config, query, newParams)).toEqual(
         'template.name__icontains=workflow&template.page=3&credential.page=3'
       );
     });
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/util/useRequest.js b/awx/ui_next/src/util/useRequest.js
index e9392b3238..54ffb9d6dd 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/util/useRequest.js
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/util/useRequest.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useEffect, useState, useCallback } from 'react';
 import { useLocation, useHistory } from 'react-router-dom';
-import { parseQueryString, replaceNamespacedParams } from './qs';
+import { parseQueryString, updateQueryString } from './qs';
 import useIsMounted from './useIsMounted';
 
 /*
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ export function useDeleteItems(
     }
     const params = parseQueryString(qsConfig, location.search);
     if (params.page > 1 && allItemsSelected) {
-      const newParams = replaceNamespacedParams(qsConfig, location.search, {
+      const qs = updateQueryString(qsConfig, location.search, {
         page: params.page - 1,
       });
-      history.push(`${location.pathname}?${newParams}`);
+      history.push(`${location.pathname}?${qs}`);
     } else {
       fetchItems();
     }