diff --git a/swh/deposit/api/common.py b/swh/deposit/api/common.py
--- a/swh/deposit/api/common.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/api/common.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2017-2019  The Software Heritage developers
+# Copyright (C) 2017-2020  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 from swh.scheduler.utils import create_oneshot_task_dict
 
 from ..config import (
-    SWHDefaultConfig,
+    APIConfig,
     EDIT_SE_IRI,
     EM_IRI,
     CONT_FILE_IRI,
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 ACCEPT_ARCHIVE_CONTENT_TYPES = ["application/zip", "application/x-tar"]
 
 
-class SWHAPIView(APIView):
+class AuthenticatedAPIView(APIView):
     """Mixin intended as a based API view to enforce the basic
        authentication check
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     permission_classes: Sequence[Type[BasePermission]] = (IsAuthenticated,)
 
 
-class SWHBaseDeposit(SWHDefaultConfig, SWHAPIView, metaclass=ABCMeta):
+class APIBase(APIConfig, AuthenticatedAPIView, metaclass=ABCMeta):
     """Base deposit request class sharing multiple common behaviors.
 
     """
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@
         return self._basic_not_allowed_method(request, "DELETE")
 
 
-class SWHGetDepositAPI(SWHBaseDeposit, metaclass=ABCMeta):
+class GetAPI(APIBase, metaclass=ABCMeta):
     """Mixin for class to support GET method.
 
     """
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@
         pass
 
 
-class SWHPostDepositAPI(SWHBaseDeposit, metaclass=ABCMeta):
+class APIPost(APIBase, metaclass=ABCMeta):
     """Mixin for class to support DELETE method.
 
     """
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@
         pass
 
 
-class SWHPutDepositAPI(SWHBaseDeposit, metaclass=ABCMeta):
+class APIPut(APIBase, metaclass=ABCMeta):
     """Mixin for class to support PUT method.
 
     """
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@
         pass
 
 
-class SWHDeleteDepositAPI(SWHBaseDeposit, metaclass=ABCMeta):
+class APIDelete(APIBase, metaclass=ABCMeta):
     """Mixin for class to support DELETE method.
 
     """
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@
         """Routine to delete a resource.
 
         This is mostly not allowed except for the
-        EM_IRI (cf. .api.deposit_update.SWHUpdateArchiveDeposit)
+        EM_IRI (cf. .api.deposit_update.APIUpdateArchive)
 
         """
         pass
diff --git a/swh/deposit/api/deposit.py b/swh/deposit/api/deposit.py
--- a/swh/deposit/api/deposit.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/api/deposit.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2017-2018  The Software Heritage developers
+# Copyright (C) 2017-2020  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 from rest_framework import status
 
-from .common import SWHPostDepositAPI, ACCEPT_ARCHIVE_CONTENT_TYPES
+from .common import APIPost, ACCEPT_ARCHIVE_CONTENT_TYPES
 from ..config import EDIT_SE_IRI
 from ..errors import make_error_dict, BAD_REQUEST
 from ..parsers import SWHFileUploadZipParser, SWHFileUploadTarParser
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from ..parsers import SWHMultiPartParser
 
 
-class SWHDeposit(SWHPostDepositAPI):
+class APIPostDeposit(APIPost):
     """Deposit request class defining api endpoints for sword deposit.
 
     What's known as 'Col IRI' in the sword specification.
diff --git a/swh/deposit/api/deposit_content.py b/swh/deposit/api/deposit_content.py
--- a/swh/deposit/api/deposit_content.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/api/deposit_content.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2017  The Software Heritage developers
+# Copyright (C) 2017-2020  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 from django.shortcuts import render
 from rest_framework import status
 
-from .common import SWHBaseDeposit
+from .common import APIBase
 from ..errors import NOT_FOUND, make_error_response
 from ..errors import make_error_response_from_dict
 from ..models import DEPOSIT_STATUS_DETAIL, Deposit, DepositRequest
 
 
-class SWHDepositContent(SWHBaseDeposit):
+class APIContent(APIBase):
     def get(self, req, collection_name, deposit_id, format=None):
         checks = self.checks(req, collection_name, deposit_id)
         if "error" in checks:
diff --git a/swh/deposit/api/deposit_status.py b/swh/deposit/api/deposit_status.py
--- a/swh/deposit/api/deposit_status.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/api/deposit_status.py
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
 from django.shortcuts import render
 from rest_framework import status
 
-from .common import SWHBaseDeposit
+from .common import APIBase
 from .converters import convert_status_detail
 from ..errors import NOT_FOUND, make_error_response
 from ..errors import make_error_response_from_dict
 from ..models import DEPOSIT_STATUS_DETAIL, Deposit
 
 
-class SWHDepositStatus(SWHBaseDeposit):
+class APIStatus(APIBase):
     """Deposit status.
 
     What's known as 'State IRI' in the sword specification.
diff --git a/swh/deposit/api/deposit_update.py b/swh/deposit/api/deposit_update.py
--- a/swh/deposit/api/deposit_update.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/api/deposit_update.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2017-2018  The Software Heritage developers
+# Copyright (C) 2017-2020  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 from rest_framework import status
 
-from .common import SWHPostDepositAPI, SWHPutDepositAPI, SWHDeleteDepositAPI
+from .common import APIPost, APIPut, APIDelete
 from .common import ACCEPT_ARCHIVE_CONTENT_TYPES
 from ..config import CONT_FILE_IRI, EDIT_SE_IRI, EM_IRI
 from ..errors import make_error_dict, BAD_REQUEST
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 from ..parsers import SWHMultiPartParser
 
 
-class SWHUpdateArchiveDeposit(SWHPostDepositAPI, SWHPutDepositAPI, SWHDeleteDepositAPI):
+class APIUpdateArchive(APIPost, APIPut, APIDelete):
     """Deposit request class defining api endpoints for sword deposit.
 
        What's known as 'EM IRI' in the sword specification.
@@ -83,9 +83,7 @@
         return self._delete_archives(collection_name, deposit_id)
 
 
-class SWHUpdateMetadataDeposit(
-    SWHPostDepositAPI, SWHPutDepositAPI, SWHDeleteDepositAPI
-):
+class APIUpdateMetadata(APIPost, APIPut, APIDelete):
     """Deposit request class defining api endpoints for sword deposit.
 
        What's known as 'Edit IRI' (and SE IRI) in the sword specification.
diff --git a/swh/deposit/api/private/__init__.py b/swh/deposit/api/private/__init__.py
--- a/swh/deposit/api/private/__init__.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/api/private/__init__.py
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2017-2019 The Software Heritage developers
+# Copyright (C) 2017-2020 The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 from swh.deposit import utils
 
-from ...config import METADATA_TYPE, SWHDefaultConfig
+from ...config import METADATA_TYPE, APIConfig
 from ...models import DepositRequest, Deposit
 
 from rest_framework.permissions import AllowAny
 
-from swh.deposit.api.common import SWHAPIView
+from swh.deposit.api.common import AuthenticatedAPIView
 from swh.deposit.errors import make_error_dict, NOT_FOUND
 
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         return utils.merge(*metadata)
 
 
-class SWHPrivateAPIView(SWHDefaultConfig, SWHAPIView):
+class SWHPrivateAPIView(APIConfig, AuthenticatedAPIView):
     """Mixin intended as private api (so no authentication) based API view
        (for the private ones).
 
diff --git a/swh/deposit/api/private/deposit_check.py b/swh/deposit/api/private/deposit_check.py
--- a/swh/deposit/api/private/deposit_check.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/api/private/deposit_check.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2017-2019  The Software Heritage developers
+# Copyright (C) 2017-2020  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from swh.scheduler.utils import create_oneshot_task_dict
 
 from . import DepositReadMixin, SWHPrivateAPIView
-from ..common import SWHGetDepositAPI
+from ..common import GetAPI
 from ...config import DEPOSIT_STATUS_VERIFIED, DEPOSIT_STATUS_REJECTED
 from ...config import ARCHIVE_TYPE
 from ...models import Deposit
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     )
 
 
-class SWHChecksDeposit(SWHPrivateAPIView, SWHGetDepositAPI, DepositReadMixin):
+class SWHChecksDeposit(SWHPrivateAPIView, GetAPI, DepositReadMixin):
     """Dedicated class to read a deposit's raw archives content.
 
     Only GET is supported.
diff --git a/swh/deposit/api/private/deposit_read.py b/swh/deposit/api/private/deposit_read.py
--- a/swh/deposit/api/private/deposit_read.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/api/private/deposit_read.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 from . import DepositReadMixin, SWHPrivateAPIView
 from ...config import SWH_PERSON, ARCHIVE_TYPE
-from ..common import SWHGetDepositAPI
+from ..common import GetAPI
 from ...models import Deposit
 
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         shutil.rmtree(dir_path)
 
 
-class SWHDepositReadArchives(SWHPrivateAPIView, SWHGetDepositAPI, DepositReadMixin):
+class SWHDepositReadArchives(SWHPrivateAPIView, GetAPI, DepositReadMixin):
     """Dedicated class to read a deposit's raw archives content.
 
     Only GET is supported.
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
             )
 
 
-class SWHDepositReadMetadata(SWHPrivateAPIView, SWHGetDepositAPI, DepositReadMixin):
+class SWHDepositReadMetadata(SWHPrivateAPIView, GetAPI, DepositReadMixin):
     """Class in charge of aggregating metadata on a deposit.
 
  """
diff --git a/swh/deposit/api/private/deposit_update_status.py b/swh/deposit/api/private/deposit_update_status.py
--- a/swh/deposit/api/private/deposit_update_status.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/api/private/deposit_update_status.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from swh.model.identifiers import DIRECTORY, swhid, REVISION, SNAPSHOT
 
 from . import SWHPrivateAPIView
-from ..common import SWHPutDepositAPI
+from ..common import APIPut
 from ...errors import make_error_dict, BAD_REQUEST
 from ...models import Deposit, DEPOSIT_STATUS_DETAIL
 from ...models import DEPOSIT_STATUS_LOAD_SUCCESS
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 MANDATORY_KEYS = ["origin_url", "revision_id", "directory_id", "snapshot_id"]
 
 
-class SWHUpdateStatusDeposit(SWHPrivateAPIView, SWHPutDepositAPI):
+class SWHUpdateStatusDeposit(SWHPrivateAPIView, APIPut):
     """Deposit request class to update the deposit's status.
 
     HTTP verbs supported: PUT
diff --git a/swh/deposit/api/service_document.py b/swh/deposit/api/service_document.py
--- a/swh/deposit/api/service_document.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/api/service_document.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2017-2019  The Software Heritage developers
+# Copyright (C) 2017-2020  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.urls import reverse
 
-from .common import SWHBaseDeposit, ACCEPT_PACKAGINGS
+from .common import APIBase, ACCEPT_PACKAGINGS
 from .common import ACCEPT_ARCHIVE_CONTENT_TYPES
 from ..config import COL_IRI
 from ..models import DepositClient, DepositCollection
 
 
-class SWHServiceDocument(SWHBaseDeposit):
+class APIServiceDocument(APIBase):
     def get(self, req, *args, **kwargs):
         client = DepositClient.objects.get(username=req.user)
 
diff --git a/swh/deposit/api/urls.py b/swh/deposit/api/urls.py
--- a/swh/deposit/api/urls.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/api/urls.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2017-2019  The Software Heritage developers
+# Copyright (C) 2017-2020  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@
 
 from ..config import EDIT_SE_IRI, EM_IRI, CONT_FILE_IRI
 from ..config import SD_IRI, COL_IRI, STATE_IRI
-from .deposit import SWHDeposit
-from .deposit_status import SWHDepositStatus
-from .deposit_update import SWHUpdateMetadataDeposit
-from .deposit_update import SWHUpdateArchiveDeposit
-from .deposit_content import SWHDepositContent
-from .service_document import SWHServiceDocument
+from .deposit import APIPostDeposit
+from .deposit_status import APIStatus
+from .deposit_update import APIUpdateMetadata
+from .deposit_update import APIUpdateArchive
+from .deposit_content import APIContent
+from .service_document import APIServiceDocument
 
 
 def api_view(req):
@@ -30,16 +30,16 @@
     url(r"^$", api_view, name="api"),
     # SD IRI - Service Document IRI
     # -> GET
-    url(r"^servicedocument/", SWHServiceDocument.as_view(), name=SD_IRI),
+    url(r"^servicedocument/", APIServiceDocument.as_view(), name=SD_IRI),
     # Col IRI - Collection IRI
     # -> POST
-    url(r"^(?P<collection_name>[^/]+)/$", SWHDeposit.as_view(), name=COL_IRI),
+    url(r"^(?P<collection_name>[^/]+)/$", APIPostDeposit.as_view(), name=COL_IRI),
     # EM IRI - Atom Edit Media IRI (update archive IRI)
     # -> PUT (update-in-place existing archive)
     # -> POST (add new archive)
     url(
         r"^(?P<collection_name>[^/]+)/(?P<deposit_id>[^/]+)/media/$",
-        SWHUpdateArchiveDeposit.as_view(),
+        APIUpdateArchive.as_view(),
         name=EM_IRI,
     ),
     # Edit IRI - Atom Entry Edit IRI (update metadata IRI)
@@ -48,21 +48,21 @@
     # -> POST (add new metadata)
     url(
         r"^(?P<collection_name>[^/]+)/(?P<deposit_id>[^/]+)/metadata/$",
-        SWHUpdateMetadataDeposit.as_view(),
+        APIUpdateMetadata.as_view(),
         name=EDIT_SE_IRI,
     ),
     # State IRI
     # -> GET
     url(
         r"^(?P<collection_name>[^/]+)/(?P<deposit_id>[^/]+)/status/$",
-        SWHDepositStatus.as_view(),
+        APIStatus.as_view(),
         name=STATE_IRI,
     ),
     # Cont/File IRI
     # -> GET
     url(
         r"^(?P<collection_name>[^/]+)/(?P<deposit_id>[^/]+)/content/$",
-        SWHDepositContent.as_view(),
+        APIContent.as_view(),
         name=CONT_FILE_IRI,
     ),  # specification is not clear about
     # FILE-IRI, we assume it's the same as
diff --git a/swh/deposit/cli/admin.py b/swh/deposit/cli/admin.py
--- a/swh/deposit/cli/admin.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/cli/admin.py
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
         DEPOSIT_STATUS_LOAD_SUCCESS,
         DEPOSIT_STATUS_LOAD_FAILURE,
         DEPOSIT_STATUS_VERIFIED,
-        SWHDefaultConfig,
+        APIConfig,
     )
 
     try:
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
     deposit.save()
 
     # Trigger back the deposit
-    scheduler = SWHDefaultConfig().scheduler
+    scheduler = APIConfig().scheduler
     scheduler.set_status_tasks(
         [task_id], status="next_run_not_scheduled", next_run=datetime.now()
     )
diff --git a/swh/deposit/config.py b/swh/deposit/config.py
--- a/swh/deposit/config.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/config.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     django.setup()
 
 
-class SWHDefaultConfig(SWHConfig):
+class APIConfig(SWHConfig):
     """Mixin intended to enrich views with SWH configuration.
 
     """
diff --git a/swh/deposit/parsers.py b/swh/deposit/parsers.py
--- a/swh/deposit/parsers.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/parsers.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2017-2019  The Software Heritage developers
+# Copyright (C) 2017-2020  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         # We do not actually want to parse the stream yet
         # because we want to keep the raw data as well
         # this is done later in the atom entry call
-        # (cf. swh.deposit.api.common.SWHBaseDeposit._atom_entry)
+        # (cf. swh.deposit.api.common.APIBase._atom_entry)
         return stream
 
 
diff --git a/swh/deposit/tests/conftest.py b/swh/deposit/tests/conftest.py
--- a/swh/deposit/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/tests/conftest.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 from swh.model.identifiers import DIRECTORY, swhid, REVISION, SNAPSHOT
 from swh.deposit.config import setup_django_for
 from swh.deposit.parsers import parse_xml
-from swh.deposit.config import SWHDefaultConfig
+from swh.deposit.config import APIConfig
 from swh.deposit.config import (
     COL_IRI,
     EDIT_SE_IRI,
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
 def deposit_autoconfig(monkeypatch, deposit_config, swh_scheduler_config):
-    """Enforce config for deposit classes inherited from SWHDefaultConfig."""
+    """Enforce config for deposit classes inherited from APIConfig."""
 
     def mock_parse_config(*args, **kw):
         config = deposit_config.copy()
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
         }
         return config
 
-    monkeypatch.setattr(SWHDefaultConfig, "parse_config_file", mock_parse_config)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(APIConfig, "parse_config_file", mock_parse_config)
 
     scheduler = get_scheduler("local", swh_scheduler_config)
     task_type = {