diff --git a/crates/lib/pager/src/client/pager.rs b/crates/lib/pager/src/client/pager.rs
index 468c102ea5..5abd186bca 100644
--- a/crates/lib/pager/src/client/pager.rs
+++ b/crates/lib/pager/src/client/pager.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use crate::client::pager_client::{PageSentResult, PagerClient};
 use crate::error::pager_error::PagerError;
 use crate::error::pager_service_error::PagerServiceError;
 use crate::notification::notification_details::NotificationDetails;
-use crate::worker::pager_worker_message_queue::SharedMessageQueue;
+use crate::worker::pager_worker_message_queue::PagerWorkerMessageQueue;
 use crate::worker::pager_worker_thread::PagerWorkerThread;
 
 /// The main programmer interface to the pager system.
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use crate::worker::pager_worker_thread::PagerWorkerThread;
 ///
 pub struct Pager {
   client: PagerClient,
-  queue: Option<SharedMessageQueue>,
+  queue: Option<Arc<PagerWorkerMessageQueue>>,
   worker: Option<PagerWorkerThread>,
   worker_shutdown: Option<Arc<AtomicBool>>,
 }
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ impl Pager {
   /// External users will need to create instances via `PagerBuilder`.
   pub(crate) fn new(
     client: PagerClient,
-    queue: Option<SharedMessageQueue>,
+    queue: Option<Arc<PagerWorkerMessageQueue>>,
     worker: Option<PagerWorkerThread>,
     worker_shutdown: Option<Arc<AtomicBool>>,
   ) -> Self {
diff --git a/crates/lib/pager/src/client/pager_builder.rs b/crates/lib/pager/src/client/pager_builder.rs
index 6d4764d024..1bb259b4c2 100644
--- a/crates/lib/pager/src/client/pager_builder.rs
+++ b/crates/lib/pager/src/client/pager_builder.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ use crate::client::pager::Pager;
 use crate::client::pager_client::{PagerClient, PagerClientConfig};
 use crate::error::pager_client_error::PagerClientError;
 use crate::error::pager_error::PagerError;
-use crate::worker::pager_worker_message_queue::{new_shared_queue, new_shared_queue_with_capacity, SharedMessageQueue};
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use crate::worker::pager_worker_message_queue::{new_shared_queue, new_shared_queue_with_capacity, PagerWorkerMessageQueue};
 use crate::worker::pager_worker_thread::PagerWorkerThread;
 
 /// Builder for constructing a `Pager` instance.
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ impl PagerBuilder {
     let client = PagerClient::new(client_config, self.application_name, self.environment);
 
     let (queue, worker, worker_shutdown) = if self.enable_worker {
-      let queue: SharedMessageQueue = match self.queue_capacity {
+      let queue: Arc<PagerWorkerMessageQueue> = match self.queue_capacity {
         Some(capacity) => new_shared_queue_with_capacity(capacity),
         None => new_shared_queue(),
       };
diff --git a/crates/lib/pager/src/worker/pager_worker_message_queue.rs b/crates/lib/pager/src/worker/pager_worker_message_queue.rs
index 8a4f45a4c7..dd721aa444 100644
--- a/crates/lib/pager/src/worker/pager_worker_message_queue.rs
+++ b/crates/lib/pager/src/worker/pager_worker_message_queue.rs
@@ -95,13 +95,10 @@ impl PagerWorkerMessageQueue {
   }
 }
 
-/// Shareable handle to a message queue.
-pub type SharedMessageQueue = Arc<PagerWorkerMessageQueue>;
-
-pub fn new_shared_queue() -> SharedMessageQueue {
+pub fn new_shared_queue() -> Arc<PagerWorkerMessageQueue> {
   Arc::new(PagerWorkerMessageQueue::new())
 }
 
-pub fn new_shared_queue_with_capacity(max_size: usize) -> SharedMessageQueue {
+pub fn new_shared_queue_with_capacity(max_size: usize) -> Arc<PagerWorkerMessageQueue> {
   Arc::new(PagerWorkerMessageQueue::with_capacity(max_size))
 }
diff --git a/crates/lib/pager/src/worker/pager_worker_thread.rs b/crates/lib/pager/src/worker/pager_worker_thread.rs
index dd90f255b8..3cf2ba02b0 100644
--- a/crates/lib/pager/src/worker/pager_worker_thread.rs
+++ b/crates/lib/pager/src/worker/pager_worker_thread.rs
@@ -5,18 +5,18 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 use log::{error, info, warn};
 
 use crate::client::pager_client::PagerClient;
-use crate::worker::pager_worker_message_queue::SharedMessageQueue;
+use crate::worker::pager_worker_message_queue::PagerWorkerMessageQueue;
 
 /// A background worker thread that consumes a message queue and sends pages.
 pub struct PagerWorkerThread {
-  queue: SharedMessageQueue,
+  queue: Arc<PagerWorkerMessageQueue>,
   client: PagerClient,
   shutdown: Arc<AtomicBool>,
 }
 
 impl PagerWorkerThread {
   pub fn new(
-    queue: SharedMessageQueue,
+    queue: Arc<PagerWorkerMessageQueue>,
     client: PagerClient,
   ) -> Self {
     Self {