diff --git a/lib/core/request.js b/lib/core/request.js
index 688777e6135..376b360dfdb 100644
--- a/lib/core/request.js
+++ b/lib/core/request.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const {
   isFormDataLike,
   isIterable,
   isBlobLike,
-  buildURL,
+  serializePathWithQuery,
   validateHandler,
   getServerName,
   normalizedMethodRecords
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class Request {
 
     this.upgrade = upgrade || null
 
-    this.path = query ? buildURL(path, query) : path
+    this.path = query ? serializePathWithQuery(path, query) : path
 
     this.origin = origin
 
diff --git a/lib/core/util.js b/lib/core/util.js
index d37e0d41b12..714f3874314 100644
--- a/lib/core/util.js
+++ b/lib/core/util.js
@@ -89,7 +89,12 @@ function isBlobLike (object) {
   }
 }
 
-function buildURL (url, queryParams) {
+/**
+ * @param {string} url The URL to add the query params to
+ * @param {import('node:querystring').ParsedUrlQueryInput} queryParams The object to serialize into a URL query string
+ * @returns {string} The URL with the query params added
+ */
+function serializePathWithQuery (url, queryParams) {
   if (url.includes('?') || url.includes('#')) {
     throw new Error('Query params cannot be passed when url already contains "?" or "#".')
   }
@@ -689,7 +694,7 @@ module.exports = {
   validateHandler,
   getSocketInfo,
   isFormDataLike,
-  buildURL,
+  serializePathWithQuery,
   addAbortListener,
   isValidHTTPToken,
   isValidHeaderValue,
diff --git a/lib/mock/mock-interceptor.js b/lib/mock/mock-interceptor.js
index c6b16b35f9c..4304c8fb8ec 100644
--- a/lib/mock/mock-interceptor.js
+++ b/lib/mock/mock-interceptor.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const {
   kMockDispatch
 } = require('./mock-symbols')
 const { InvalidArgumentError } = require('../core/errors')
-const { buildURL } = require('../core/util')
+const { serializePathWithQuery } = require('../core/util')
 
 /**
  * Defines the scope API for an interceptor reply
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class MockInterceptor {
     // fragments to servers when they retrieve a document,
     if (typeof opts.path === 'string') {
       if (opts.query) {
-        opts.path = buildURL(opts.path, opts.query)
+        opts.path = serializePathWithQuery(opts.path, opts.query)
       } else {
         // Matches https://github.com/nodejs/undici/blob/main/lib/web/fetch/index.js#L1811
         const parsedURL = new URL(opts.path, 'data://')
diff --git a/lib/mock/mock-utils.js b/lib/mock/mock-utils.js
index f3c284d7891..56be2c8a06e 100644
--- a/lib/mock/mock-utils.js
+++ b/lib/mock/mock-utils.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const {
   kOrigin,
   kGetNetConnect
 } = require('./mock-symbols')
-const { buildURL } = require('../core/util')
+const { serializePathWithQuery } = require('../core/util')
 const { STATUS_CODES } = require('node:http')
 const {
   types: {
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ function getResponseData (data) {
 }
 
 function getMockDispatch (mockDispatches, key) {
-  const basePath = key.query ? buildURL(key.path, key.query) : key.path
+  const basePath = key.query ? serializePathWithQuery(key.path, key.query) : key.path
   const resolvedPath = typeof basePath === 'string' ? safeUrl(basePath) : basePath
 
   // Match path
diff --git a/test/node-test/util.js b/test/node-test/util.js
index fa1c6c50eb4..0e5f6e3bdee 100644
--- a/test/node-test/util.js
+++ b/test/node-test/util.js
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ test('parseRawHeaders', () => {
   assert.deepEqual(util.parseRawHeaders(['content-length', 'value', 'content-disposition', 'form-data; name="fieldName"']), ['content-length', 'value', 'content-disposition', 'form-data; name="fieldName"'])
 })
 
-test('buildURL', () => {
+test('serializePathWithQuery', () => {
   const tests = [
     [{ id: BigInt(123456) }, 'id=123456'],
     [{ date: new Date() }, 'date='],
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ test('buildURL', () => {
 
   for (const [input, output] of tests) {
     const expected = `${base}${output ? `?${output}` : output}`
-    assert.deepEqual(util.buildURL(base, input), expected)
+    assert.deepEqual(util.serializePathWithQuery(base, input), expected)
   }
 })