diff --git a/packages/loot-core/src/server/schedules/app.ts b/packages/loot-core/src/server/schedules/app.ts
index a371d45983..7d3fcfbc71 100644
--- a/packages/loot-core/src/server/schedules/app.ts
+++ b/packages/loot-core/src/server/schedules/app.ts
@@ -274,15 +274,6 @@ export async function updateSchedule({
   if (schedule.rule) {
     throw new Error('You cannot change the rule of a schedule');
   }
-
-  if (schedule.name) {
-    if (await checkIfScheduleExists(schedule.name, schedule.id)) {
-      throw new Error('There is already a schedule with this name');
-    }
-  } else {
-    schedule.name = null;
-  }
-  // We need the rule if there are conditions
   let rule;
 
   // This must be outside the `batchMessages` call because we change
diff --git a/upcoming-release-notes/1728.md b/upcoming-release-notes/1728.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..291b2290e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/upcoming-release-notes/1728.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+category: Bugfix
+authors: [shaankhosla]
+---
+
+Keep schedule name after completion or recreation
\ No newline at end of file