diff --git a/src/applications/project/storage/PhabricatorProject.php b/src/applications/project/storage/PhabricatorProject.php
--- a/src/applications/project/storage/PhabricatorProject.php
+++ b/src/applications/project/storage/PhabricatorProject.php
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
       ProjectDefaultJoinCapability::CAPABILITY);
 
     return id(new PhabricatorProject())
-      ->setName('')
       ->setAuthorPHID($actor->getPHID())
       ->setIcon(self::DEFAULT_ICON)
       ->setColor(self::DEFAULT_COLOR)