diff --git a/crates/wiggle/generate/src/config.rs b/crates/wiggle/generate/src/config.rs
index b6467da609..a430a8547a 100644
--- a/crates/wiggle/generate/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/wiggle/generate/src/config.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ mod kw {
     syn::custom_keyword!(witx);
     syn::custom_keyword!(witx_literal);
     syn::custom_keyword!(errors);
-    syn::custom_keyword!(async_);
 }
 
 impl Parse for ConfigField {
@@ -45,8 +44,8 @@ impl Parse for ConfigField {
             input.parse::<kw::errors>()?;
             input.parse::<Token![:]>()?;
             Ok(ConfigField::Error(input.parse()?))
-        } else if lookahead.peek(kw::async_) {
-            input.parse::<kw::async_>()?;
+        } else if lookahead.peek(Token![async]) {
+            input.parse::<Token![async]>()?;
             input.parse::<Token![:]>()?;
             Ok(ConfigField::Async(input.parse()?))
         } else {
diff --git a/crates/wiggle/macro/src/lib.rs b/crates/wiggle/macro/src/lib.rs
index e7ea3455f0..09ab2f6353 100644
--- a/crates/wiggle/macro/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/wiggle/macro/src/lib.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ use syn::parse_macro_input;
 ///   `{ errno => YourErrnoType }`. This allows you to use the `UserErrorConversion`
 ///   trait to map these rich errors into the flat witx type, or to terminate
 ///   WebAssembly execution by trapping.
-/// * Optional: `async_` takes a set of witx modules and functions which are
+/// * Optional: `async` takes a set of witx modules and functions which are
 ///   made Rust `async` functions in the module trait.
 ///
 /// ## Example
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ use syn::parse_macro_input;
 ///              (result $r (expected $alias_to_float (error $errno)))))
 ///     ",
 ///     errors: { errno => YourRichError },
-///     async_: { example::double_int_return_float },
+///     async: { example::double_int_return_float },
 /// });
 ///
 /// /// Witx generates a set of traits, which the user must impl on a
diff --git a/crates/wiggle/tests/atoms_async.rs b/crates/wiggle/tests/atoms_async.rs
index 5fe20b326b..bdaf32d796 100644
--- a/crates/wiggle/tests/atoms_async.rs
+++ b/crates/wiggle/tests/atoms_async.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use wiggle_test::{impl_errno, HostMemory, MemArea, WasiCtx};
 
 wiggle::from_witx!({
     witx: ["$CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR/tests/atoms.witx"],
-    async_: {
+    async: {
         atoms::{int_float_args, double_int_return_float}
     }
 });
diff --git a/crates/wiggle/wasmtime/macro/src/config.rs b/crates/wiggle/wasmtime/macro/src/config.rs
index 9c5ee7b776..76a23dd31f 100644
--- a/crates/wiggle/wasmtime/macro/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/wiggle/wasmtime/macro/src/config.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ mod kw {
     syn::custom_keyword!(name);
     syn::custom_keyword!(docs);
     syn::custom_keyword!(function_override);
-    syn::custom_keyword!(async_);
 }
 
 impl Parse for ConfigField {
@@ -65,8 +64,8 @@ impl Parse for ConfigField {
             input.parse::<kw::modules>()?;
             input.parse::<Token![:]>()?;
             Ok(ConfigField::Modules(input.parse()?))
-        } else if lookahead.peek(kw::async_) {
-            input.parse::<kw::async_>()?;
+        } else if lookahead.peek(Token![async]) {
+            input.parse::<Token![async]>()?;
             input.parse::<Token![:]>()?;
             #[cfg(feature = "async")]
             {
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ impl Parse for ConfigField {
             {
                 Err(syn::Error::new(
                     input.span(),
-                    "async_ not supported, enable cargo feature \"async\"",
+                    "async not supported, enable cargo feature \"async\"",
                 ))
             }
         } else {
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ impl Config {
                 #[cfg(feature = "async")]
                 ConfigField::Async(c) => {
                     if async_.is_some() {
-                        return Err(Error::new(err_loc, "duplicate `async_` field"));
+                        return Err(Error::new(err_loc, "duplicate `async` field"));
                     }
                     async_ = Some(c);
                 }
diff --git a/crates/wiggle/wasmtime/tests/atoms_async.rs b/crates/wiggle/wasmtime/tests/atoms_async.rs
index f31da11ecb..e37d11c06a 100644
--- a/crates/wiggle/wasmtime/tests/atoms_async.rs
+++ b/crates/wiggle/wasmtime/tests/atoms_async.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use std::task::{Context, Poll, RawWaker, RawWakerVTable, Waker};
 
 wasmtime_wiggle::from_witx!({
     witx: ["$CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR/tests/atoms.witx"],
-    async_: {
+    async: {
         atoms::{double_int_return_float}
     }
 });
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ wasmtime_wiggle::wasmtime_integration!({
     witx: ["$CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR/tests/atoms.witx"],
     ctx: Ctx,
     modules: { atoms => { name: Atoms } },
-    async_: {
+    async: {
         atoms::double_int_return_float
     }
 });