diff --git a/lambda/translmod.ml b/lambda/translmod.ml
index d0f2191b136..21b9938ea51 100644
--- a/lambda/translmod.ml
+++ b/lambda/translmod.ml
@@ -1017,21 +1017,24 @@ let transl_implementation_plain_block compilation_unit impl =
         body, Mb_struct { mb_size = size }
     | true ->
         let mb_runtime_params, runtime_param_idents =
-          match Env.runtime_parameters () with
+          match Env.runtime_parameter_bindings () with
           | [] ->
               (* We didn't end up using any of the parameters, but this is still a
                  parameterised module, so it must still be implemented as a function that
                  produces a distinct value for each instance. *)
               let unit_ident = Ident.create_local "*unit*" in
               [ Rp_unit ], [ unit_ident ]
-          | globals ->
+          | bindings ->
               List.map
-                (fun (global, _) ->
-                   if Env.is_parameter_unit (Global_module.to_name global)
-                   then Rp_argument_block global
-                   else Rp_main_module_block global)
-                globals,
-              List.map (fun (_, ident) -> ident) globals
+                (fun (global, ident) ->
+                  let runtime_param =
+                    if Env.is_parameter_unit (Global_module.to_name global)
+                    then Rp_argument_block global
+                    else Rp_main_module_block global
+                  in
+                  runtime_param, ident)
+                bindings
+              |> List.split
         in
         let body = add_runtime_parameters body runtime_param_idents in
         let body = wrap_toplevel_functor_in_struct body in
diff --git a/typing/env.ml b/typing/env.ml
index 262e6cd7aa0..042d2ae7418 100644
--- a/typing/env.ml
+++ b/typing/env.ml
@@ -1095,7 +1095,8 @@ let imports () = Persistent_env.imports !persistent_env
 let import_crcs ~source crcs =
   Persistent_env.import_crcs !persistent_env ~source crcs
 
-let runtime_parameters () = Persistent_env.runtime_parameters !persistent_env
+let runtime_parameter_bindings () =
+  Persistent_env.runtime_parameter_bindings !persistent_env
 
 let parameters () = Persistent_env.parameters !persistent_env
 
diff --git a/typing/env.mli b/typing/env.mli
index cac1a2923c2..6f2b75b1da6 100644
--- a/typing/env.mli
+++ b/typing/env.mli
@@ -526,8 +526,8 @@ val imports: unit -> Import_info.t list
 val import_crcs: source:string -> Import_info.t array -> unit
 
 (* Return the set of imports represented as runtime parameters (see
-   [Persistent_env.runtime_parameters] for details) *)
-val runtime_parameters: unit -> (Global_module.t * Ident.t) list
+   [Persistent_env.runtime_parameter_bindings] for details) *)
+val runtime_parameter_bindings: unit -> (Global_module.t * Ident.t) list
 
 (* Return the list of parameters specified for the current unit, in
    alphabetical order *)
diff --git a/typing/persistent_env.ml b/typing/persistent_env.ml
index 091b8201230..271f8121e1b 100644
--- a/typing/persistent_env.ml
+++ b/typing/persistent_env.ml
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ let is_imported_parameter penv modname =
   | Some pers_struct -> pers_struct.ps_name_info.pn_import.imp_is_param
   | None -> false
 
-let runtime_parameters {persistent_structures; _} =
+let runtime_parameter_bindings {persistent_structures; _} =
   (* This over-approximates the runtime parameters that are actually needed:
      some modules get looked at during type checking but aren't relevant to
      generated lambda code. This is increasingly true with modes and layouts: we
diff --git a/typing/persistent_env.mli b/typing/persistent_env.mli
index 84e8d802ef1..f76a69c129d 100644
--- a/typing/persistent_env.mli
+++ b/typing/persistent_env.mli
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ val imports : 'a t -> Import_info.Intf.t list
 
    Note that the word "runtime" is a bit of a fiction reflecting a front-end view of the
    world. In fact we aim to inline away all passing of runtime parameters. *)
-val runtime_parameters : 'a t -> (Global_module.t * Ident.t) list
+val runtime_parameter_bindings : 'a t -> (Global_module.t * Ident.t) list
 
 (* Find whether a module has been imported as a parameter. This means that it
    is a registered parameter import (see [register_parameter_import]) _and_ it has