diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/a/aedt.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/a/aedt.py
index a381e2fd24..27685a3115 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/a/aedt.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/a/aedt.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def install_step(self):
         ])
         run_shell_cmd("./Linux/AnsysEM/Disk1/InstData/setup.exe %s" % options)
 
-    def post_install_step(self):
+    def post_processing_step(self):
         """Disable OS check and set LC_ALL/LANG for runtime"""
         if not self.subdir:
             self._set_subdir()
diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/a/aocc.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/a/aocc.py
index 24da9f3c5e..b42c12d063 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/a/aocc.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/a/aocc.py
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ def install_step(self):
 
         super(EB_AOCC, self).install_step()
 
-    def post_install_step(self):
+    def post_processing_step(self):
         """
         For AOCC <5.0.0:
         Create wrappers for the compilers to make sure compilers picks up GCCcore as GCC toolchain.
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ def post_install_step(self):
 
         self._create_compiler_config_files(compilers_to_add_config_files)
         self._create_compiler_wrappers(compilers_to_wrap)
-        super(EB_AOCC, self).post_install_step()
+        super(EB_AOCC, self).post_processing_step()
 
     def sanity_check_step(self):
         """Custom sanity check for AOCC, based on sanity check for Clang."""
diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/a/aomp.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/a/aomp.py
index 2a1f0472d8..f62c124b19 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/a/aomp.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/a/aomp.py
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ def configure_step(self):
         # Only build selected components
         self.cfg['installopts'] = 'select ' + ' '.join(components)
 
-    def post_install_step(self):
-        super(EB_AOMP, self).post_install_step()
+    def post_processing_step(self):
+        super(EB_AOMP, self).post_processing_step()
         # The install script will create a symbolic link as the install
         # directory, this creates problems for EB as it won't remove the
         # symlink. To remedy this we remove the link here and rename the actual
diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/c/clang.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/c/clang.py
index ddefa7cbff..3ee17819e3 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/c/clang.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/c/clang.py
@@ -612,9 +612,9 @@ def install_step(self):
             except OSError as err:
                 raise EasyBuildError("Failed to copy static analyzer dirs to install dir: %s", err)
 
-    def post_install_step(self):
+    def post_processing_step(self):
         """Install python bindings."""
-        super(EB_Clang, self).post_install_step()
+        super(EB_Clang, self).post_processing_step()
 
         # copy Python bindings here in post-install step so that it is not done more than once in multi_deps context
         if self.cfg['python_bindings']:
diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/c/crispr_dav.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/c/crispr_dav.py
index e85da91da2..edf0e5e431 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/c/crispr_dav.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/c/crispr_dav.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super(EB_CRISPR_minus_DAV, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.cfg['extract_sources'] = True
 
-    def post_install_step(self):
+    def post_processing_step(self):
         """Update configuration files with correct paths to dependencies and files in installation."""
 
         # getting paths of deps + files we will work with
diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/c/cuda.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/c/cuda.py
index b66563045e..3fa3a3a949 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/c/cuda.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/c/cuda.py
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ def install_step(self):
                 self.log.debug("Running patch %s", patch['name'])
                 run_shell_cmd("/bin/sh " + patch['path'] + " --accept-eula --silent --installdir=" + self.installdir)
 
-    def post_install_step(self):
+    def post_processing_step(self):
         """
         Create wrappers for the specified host compilers, generate the appropriate stub symlinks,
         and create version independent pkgconfig files
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ def create_wrapper(wrapper_name, wrapper_comp):
                 symlink(pc_file, link, use_abspath_source=False)
             change_dir(cwd)
 
-        super(EB_CUDA, self).post_install_step()
+        super(EB_CUDA, self).post_processing_step()
 
     def sanity_check_step(self):
         """Custom sanity check for CUDA."""
diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/d/dualsphysics.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/d/dualsphysics.py
index 5fc794a59e..964312b5c3 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/d/dualsphysics.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/d/dualsphysics.py
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ def install_step(self):
         ]
         super(EB_DualSPHysics, self).install_step()
 
-    def post_install_step(self):
+    def post_processing_step(self):
         """Custom post-installation step: ensure rpath is patched into binaries/libraries if configured."""
-        super(EB_DualSPHysics, self).post_install_step()
+        super(EB_DualSPHysics, self).post_processing_step()
 
         if build_option('rpath'):
             # only the compiled binary (e.g. DualSPHysics5.0CPU_linux64) is rpath'd, the precompiled libraries
diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/e/easybuildmeta.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/e/easybuildmeta.py
index f0d24e79c7..88ad7a742f 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/e/easybuildmeta.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/e/easybuildmeta.py
@@ -136,10 +136,10 @@ def install_step(self):
         except OSError as err:
             raise EasyBuildError("Failed to install EasyBuild packages: %s", err)
 
-    def post_install_step(self):
+    def post_processing_step(self):
         """Remove setuptools.pth file that hard includes a system-wide (site-packages) path, if it is there."""
 
-        super(EB_EasyBuildMeta, self).post_install_step()
+        super(EB_EasyBuildMeta, self).post_processing_step()
 
         setuptools_pth = os.path.join(self.installdir, self.pylibdir, 'setuptools.pth')
         if os.path.exists(setuptools_pth):
diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/f/fftwmpi.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/f/fftwmpi.py
index cb285a576b..00059e1e39 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/f/fftwmpi.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/f/fftwmpi.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def prepare_step(self, *args, **kwargs):
         if not fftw_root:
             raise EasyBuildError("Required FFTW dependency is missing!")
 
-    def post_install_step(self):
+    def post_processing_step(self):
         """Custom post install step for FFTW.MPI"""
 
         # remove everything except include files that are already in non-MPI FFTW dependency.
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def post_install_step(self):
                glob.glob(os.path.join(self.installdir, 'lib*/pkgconfig')) +
                glob.glob(os.path.join(self.installdir, 'lib*/cmake')) +
                [os.path.join(self.installdir, p) for p in ['bin', 'share']])
-        super(EB_FFTW_period_MPI, self).post_install_step()
+        super(EB_FFTW_period_MPI, self).post_processing_step()
 
     def sanity_check_step(self):
         """Custom sanity check for FFTW.MPI: check if all libraries/headers for MPI interfaces are there."""
diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/g/gcc.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/g/gcc.py
index bb0ba20ef4..e23f260572 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/g/gcc.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/g/gcc.py
@@ -966,11 +966,11 @@ def install_step(self, *args, **kwargs):
         else:
             super(EB_GCC, self).install_step(*args, **kwargs)
 
-    def post_install_step(self, *args, **kwargs):
+    def post_processing_step(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """
         Post-processing after installation: add symlinks for cc, c++, f77, f95
         """
-        super(EB_GCC, self).post_install_step(*args, **kwargs)
+        super(EB_GCC, self).post_processing_step(*args, **kwargs)
 
         # Add symlinks for cc/c++/f77/f95.
         bindir = os.path.join(self.installdir, 'bin')
diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/generic/binary.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/generic/binary.py
index c241946620..c0cd005266 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/generic/binary.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/generic/binary.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ def install_step(self):
                 raise EasyBuildError("Incorrect value type for install_cmds, should be list or tuple: ",
                                      install_cmds)
 
-    def post_install_step(self):
+    def post_processing_step(self):
         """Copy installation to actual installation directory in case of a staged installation."""
         if self.cfg.get('staged_install', False):
             staged_installdir = self.installdir
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def post_install_step(self):
                 raise EasyBuildError("Failed to move staged install from %s to %s: %s",
                                      staged_installdir, self.installdir, err)
 
-        super(Binary, self).post_install_step()
+        super(Binary, self).post_processing_step()
 
     def sanity_check_rpath(self):
         """Skip the rpath sanity check, this is binary software"""
diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/generic/systemcompiler.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/generic/systemcompiler.py
index a95991ddda..c901cc86c7 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/generic/systemcompiler.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/generic/systemcompiler.py
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ def make_module_extra(self, *args, **kwargs):
             extras = super(SystemCompiler, self).make_module_extra(*args, **kwargs)
         return extras
 
-    def post_install_step(self, *args, **kwargs):
+    def post_processing_step(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """Do nothing."""
         pass
 
diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/generic/systemmpi.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/generic/systemmpi.py
index c98381cc40..ee72758bca 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/generic/systemmpi.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/generic/systemmpi.py
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ def make_installdir(self, dontcreate=None):
         """Custom implementation of make installdir: do nothing, do not touch system MPI directories and files."""
         pass
 
-    def post_install_step(self):
+    def post_processing_step(self):
         """Do nothing."""
         pass
 
diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/h/hadoop.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/h/hadoop.py
index cf59603333..dc5069c6db 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/h/hadoop.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/h/hadoop.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def install_step(self):
         else:
             super(EB_Hadoop, self).install_step()
 
-    def post_install_step(self):
+    def post_processing_step(self):
         """After the install, copy the extra native libraries into place."""
         for native_library, lib_path in self.cfg['extra_native_libs']:
             lib_root = get_software_root(native_library)
diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/i/imkl.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/i/imkl.py
index 8234626f27..eebbb6081f 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/i/imkl.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/i/imkl.py
@@ -348,11 +348,11 @@ def build_mkl_flexiblas(self, flexiblasdir):
             if res.exit_code:
                 raise EasyBuildError("Building FlexiBLAS-compatible library (cmd: %s) failed", cmd)
 
-    def post_install_step(self):
+    def post_processing_step(self):
         """
         Install group libraries and interfaces (if desired).
         """
-        super(EB_imkl, self).post_install_step()
+        super(EB_imkl, self).post_processing_step()
 
         # extract examples
         examples_subdir = os.path.join(self.installdir, self.mkl_basedir, self.examples_subdir)
diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/i/imkl_fftw.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/i/imkl_fftw.py
index 18cd02246b..ba9cfc39d9 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/i/imkl_fftw.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/i/imkl_fftw.py
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ def make_module_extra(self):
         # bypass extra module variables for imkl
         return super(EB_imkl, self).make_module_extra()
 
-    def post_install_step(self):
+    def post_processing_step(self):
         """Custom post install step for imkl-FFTW"""
-        # bypass post_install_step of imkl easyblock
+        # bypass post_processing_step of imkl easyblock
         pass
 
     def sanity_check_step(self):
diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/i/impi.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/i/impi.py
index ef61bf4087..429ea36139 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/i/impi.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/i/impi.py
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ def install_step(self):
             else:
                 raise EasyBuildError("Rebuild of libfabric is requested, but ofi_internal is set to False.")
 
-    def post_install_step(self):
+    def post_processing_step(self):
         """Custom post install step for IMPI, fix broken env scripts after moving installed files."""
-        super(EB_impi, self).post_install_step()
+        super(EB_impi, self).post_processing_step()
 
         impiver = LooseVersion(self.version)
 
diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/j/java.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/j/java.py
index a835f671e2..441c5e8501 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/j/java.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/j/java.py
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ def install_step(self):
         else:
             PackedBinary.install_step(self)
 
-    def post_install_step(self):
+    def post_processing_step(self):
         """
         Custom post-installation step:
         - ensure correct glibc is used when installing into custom sysroot and using RPATH
         """
-        super(EB_Java, self).post_install_step()
+        super(EB_Java, self).post_processing_step()
 
         # patch binaries and libraries when using alternate sysroot in combination with RPATH
         sysroot = build_option('sysroot')
diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/m/mathematica.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/m/mathematica.py
index cc6b68608b..b993851ede 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/m/mathematica.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/m/mathematica.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def install_step(self):
         if orig_display is not None:
             os.environ['DISPLAY'] = orig_display
 
-    def post_install_step(self):
+    def post_processing_step(self):
         """Activate installation by using activation key, if provided."""
         if self.cfg['activation_key']:
             # activation key is printed by using '$ActivationKey' in Mathematica, so no reason to keep it 'secret'
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def post_install_step(self):
         else:
             self.log.info("No activation key provided, so skipping activation of the installation.")
 
-        super(EB_Mathematica, self).post_install_step()
+        super(EB_Mathematica, self).post_processing_step()
 
     def sanity_check_step(self):
         """Custom sanity check for Mathematica."""
diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/m/metagenome_atlas.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/m/metagenome_atlas.py
index 2391595cee..1899522dd2 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/m/metagenome_atlas.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/m/metagenome_atlas.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class EB_Metagenome_Atlas(PythonPackage):
     Support for building/installing Metagenome-Atlas.
     """
 
-    def post_install_step(self):
+    def post_processing_step(self):
         """Create snakemake config files"""
 
         # https://metagenome-atlas.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage/getting_started.html#set-up-of-cluster-execution
diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/p/perl.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/p/perl.py
index 159f755273..52a72950a4 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/p/perl.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/p/perl.py
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ def prepare_for_extensions(self):
             # from specified sysroot rather than from host OS
             setvar('OPENSSL_PREFIX', sysroot)
 
-    def post_install_step(self, *args, **kwargs):
+    def post_processing_step(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """
         Custom post-installation step for Perl: avoid excessive long shebang lines in Perl scripts.
         """
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ def post_install_step(self, *args, **kwargs):
             # specify pattern for paths (relative to install dir) of files for which shebang should be patched
             self.cfg['fix_perl_shebang_for'] = 'bin/*'
 
-        super(EB_Perl, self).post_install_step(*args, **kwargs)
+        super(EB_Perl, self).post_processing_step(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def sanity_check_step(self):
         """Custom sanity check for Perl."""