diff --git a/app/models/contact.rb b/app/models/contact.rb
index 01a4bab3d..b6b1e979b 100644
--- a/app/models/contact.rb
+++ b/app/models/contact.rb
@@ -28,12 +28,7 @@ class Contact < ApplicationRecord
       .where('success = false and verified_at IS NOT NULL')
   }
 
-  NAME_REGEXP = /([\u00A1-\u00B3\u00B5-\u00BF\u0021-\u0026\u0028-\u002C\u003A-\u0040]|
-    [\u005B-\u005F\u007B-\u007E\u2040-\u206F\u20A0-\u20BF\u2100-\u218F])/x.freeze
-
   validates :name, :email, presence: true
-  validates :name, format: { without: NAME_REGEXP, message: :invalid }
-
   validates :street, :city, :zip, :country_code, presence: true, if: lambda {
     self.class.address_processing?
   }
diff --git a/test/models/contact_test.rb b/test/models/contact_test.rb
index 189a85dc7..4a598b0c7 100644
--- a/test/models/contact_test.rb
+++ b/test/models/contact_test.rb
@@ -32,16 +32,6 @@ class ContactTest < ActiveJob::TestCase
     assert contact.invalid?
   end
 
-  def test_allowed_and_disallowed_symbols_for_name
-    contact = valid_contact
-    contact.name = 'MARY ÄNN O’CONNEŽ-ŠUSLIK'
-    assert contact.valid?
-    contact.name = 'Boğaçhan Çağlayan'
-    assert contact.valid?
-    contact.name = '# "¤ #" ¤ "?'
-    assert contact.invalid?
-  end
-
   def test_validates_code_format
     contact = valid_contact.dup
     max_length = 100