diff --git a/app/presenters/hyrax/work_show_presenter.rb b/app/presenters/hyrax/work_show_presenter.rb
index 558ac78d5b..de02ef558e 100644
--- a/app/presenters/hyrax/work_show_presenter.rb
+++ b/app/presenters/hyrax/work_show_presenter.rb
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ def download_url
       Hyrax::Engine.routes.url_helpers.download_url(representative_presenter, host: request.host)
     end
 
-    # @return [Boolean] render the UniversalViewer
-    def universal_viewer?
+    # @return [Boolean] render a IIIF viewer
+    def iiif_viewer?
       representative_id.present? &&
         representative_presenter.present? &&
         representative_presenter.image? &&
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ def universal_viewer?
         members_include_viewable_image?
     end
 
+    alias universal_viewer? iiif_viewer?
+    deprecation_deprecate universal_viewer?: "use iiif_viewer? instead"
+
     # Override this method to declare a different iiif viewer for your work type
     # @return [Symbol] the name of the IIIF viewer partial to render
     def iiif_viewer
diff --git a/app/views/hyrax/base/show.html.erb b/app/views/hyrax/base/show.html.erb
index 8bc6b19c06..1af6cdebd2 100644
--- a/app/views/hyrax/base/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/hyrax/base/show.html.erb
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
       <div class="panel-body">
         <div class="row">
           <%= render 'workflow_actions_widget', presenter: @presenter %>
-          <% if @presenter.universal_viewer? %>
+          <% if @presenter.iiif_viewer? %>
             <div class="col-sm-12">
               <%= render 'representative_media', presenter: @presenter, viewer: true %>
             </div>
           <% end %>
           <div class="col-sm-3 text-center">
-            <%= render 'representative_media', presenter: @presenter, viewer: false unless @presenter.universal_viewer? %>
+            <%= render 'representative_media', presenter: @presenter, viewer: false unless @presenter.iiif_viewer? %>
             <%= render 'citations', presenter: @presenter %>
             <%= render 'social_media' %>
           </div>
diff --git a/lib/generators/hyrax/templates/config/initializers/hyrax.rb b/lib/generators/hyrax/templates/config/initializers/hyrax.rb
index 73cefeb676..5c53040664 100644
--- a/lib/generators/hyrax/templates/config/initializers/hyrax.rb
+++ b/lib/generators/hyrax/templates/config/initializers/hyrax.rb
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
   # config.show_work_item_rows = 10
 
   # Enable IIIF image service. This is required to use the
-  # UniversalViewer-ified show page
+  # IIIF viewer enabled show page
   #
   # If you have run the riiif generator, an embedded riiif service
   # will be used to deliver images via IIIF. If you have not, you will
diff --git a/lib/hyrax/configuration.rb b/lib/hyrax/configuration.rb
index 8886d198a7..a486b97723 100644
--- a/lib/hyrax/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/hyrax/configuration.rb
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ def cache_path
     end
 
     # Enable IIIF image service. This is required to use the
-    # UniversalViewer-enabled show page
+    # IIIF viewer enabled show page
     #
     # If you have run the hyrax:riiif generator, an embedded riiif service
     # will be used to deliver images via IIIF. If you have not, you will
diff --git a/spec/presenters/hyrax/work_show_presenter_spec.rb b/spec/presenters/hyrax/work_show_presenter_spec.rb
index c4b01a967c..199c29a52a 100644
--- a/spec/presenters/hyrax/work_show_presenter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/presenters/hyrax/work_show_presenter_spec.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     it { is_expected.to eq 'http://example.org/concern/generic_works/888888/manifest' }
   end
 
-  describe '#universal_viewer?' do
+  describe '#iiif_viewer?' do
     let(:id_present) { false }
     let(:representative_presenter) { double('representative', present?: false) }
     let(:image_boolean) { false }
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
       allow(Hyrax.config).to receive(:iiif_image_server?).and_return(iiif_enabled)
     end
 
-    subject { presenter.universal_viewer? }
+    subject { presenter.iiif_viewer? }
 
     context 'with no representative_id' do
       it { is_expected.to be false }
diff --git a/spec/views/hyrax/base/show.html.erb_spec.rb b/spec/views/hyrax/base/show.html.erb_spec.rb
index 0474892966..03afcf8ce4 100644
--- a/spec/views/hyrax/base/show.html.erb_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/hyrax/base/show.html.erb_spec.rb
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@
     expect(page).to have_content 'Foobar'
   end
 
-  describe 'UniversalViewer integration' do
+  describe 'IIIF viewer integration' do
     before do
-      allow(presenter).to receive(:universal_viewer?).and_return(viewer_enabled)
+      allow(presenter).to receive(:iiif_viewer?).and_return(viewer_enabled)
       render template: 'hyrax/base/show.html.erb'
     end