diff --git a/unicodedomino.sty b/unicodedomino.sty
index 00d6b6faab44b68bc577b79d0b5ef30cb8041301..b69897eacff85c4ecd7e8bea769b685878685cff 100644
--- a/unicodedomino.sty
+++ b/unicodedomino.sty
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@
 }%
 % split nybbles and pass on
 \protected\def\unicodedomino@hex#1{%
- \edef\temp{\expandafter\unicodedomino@hex@ll\expandafter{#1}}%
- \expandafter\unicodedomino@hex@do\temp\relax%
+ \edef\unicodedomino@tmp{\expandafter\unicodedomino@hex@ll\expandafter{#1}}%
+ \expandafter\unicodedomino@hex@do\unicodedomino@tmp\relax%
 }%
 % split, decode and pass on
 \def\unicodedomino@decode#1:#2\relax{%
@@ -132,16 +132,16 @@
 
 % collect octet tokens, trim them, pass on to handler
 \long\def\UTFviii@two@octets#1#2{%
- \edef\temp{#1\unicodedomino@last{\string#2}}%
- \expandafter\unicodedomino@octets\temp\empty%
+ \edef\unicodedomino@tmp{#1\unicodedomino@last{\string#2}}%
+ \expandafter\unicodedomino@octets\unicodedomino@tmp\empty%
 }%
 \long\def\UTFviii@three@octets#1#2#3{%
- \edef\temp{#1\unicodedomino@last{\string#2}\unicodedomino@last{\string#3}}%
- \expandafter\unicodedomino@octets\temp\empty%
+ \edef\unicodedomino@tmp{#1\unicodedomino@last{\string#2}\unicodedomino@last{\string#3}}%
+ \expandafter\unicodedomino@octets\unicodedomino@tmp\empty%
 }%
 \long\def\UTFviii@four@octets#1#2#3#4{%
- \edef\temp{#1\unicodedomino@last{\string#2}\unicodedomino@last{\string#3}\unicodedomino@last{\string#4}}%
- \expandafter\unicodedomino@octets\temp\empty%
+ \edef\unicodedomino@tmp{#1\unicodedomino@last{\string#2}\unicodedomino@last{\string#3}\unicodedomino@last{\string#4}}%
+ \expandafter\unicodedomino@octets\unicodedomino@tmp\empty%
 }%
 
 % main handler