diff --git a/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/grpc/EntityTransactionServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/grpc/EntityTransactionServiceImpl.java
index 79973e672f2f8047a157fec813ba4c8ae6e3cb81..7062defe36121177976d43bc58355f87f235ff8a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/grpc/EntityTransactionServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/grpc/EntityTransactionServiceImpl.java
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ public class EntityTransactionServiceImpl extends EntityTransactionServiceImplBa
                 new UpdateEntity(
                     grpcToCaosdb.getId(updateEntity.getId()), // ID is not handled by grpc convert
                     grpcToCaosdb.convert(updateEntity.getRole()));
-            entity.setName(updateEntity.getName().isEmpty() ? null : updateEntity.getName());
             grpcToCaosdb.convert(updateEntity, entity);
             addFileUpload(container, entity, updateRequest.getEntityRequest());
             container.add(entity);