diff --git a/packer/template.go b/packer/template.go
index 585764ac4..fbd6ef5fd 100644
--- a/packer/template.go
+++ b/packer/template.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 // "interface{}" pointers since we actually don't know what their contents
 // are until we read the "type" field.
 type rawTemplate struct {
-	Name         string
 	Builders     []map[string]interface{}
 	Hooks        map[string][]string
 	Provisioners []map[string]interface{}
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ type rawTemplate struct {
 // The Template struct represents a parsed template, parsed into the most
 // completed form it can be without additional processing by the caller.
 type Template struct {
-	Name         string
 	Builders     map[string]rawBuilderConfig
 	Hooks        map[string][]string
 	Provisioners []rawProvisionerConfig
@@ -61,7 +59,6 @@ func ParseTemplate(data []byte) (t *Template, err error) {
 	}
 
 	t = &Template{}
-	t.Name = rawTpl.Name
 	t.Builders = make(map[string]rawBuilderConfig)
 	t.Hooks = rawTpl.Hooks
 	t.Provisioners = make([]rawProvisionerConfig, len(rawTpl.Provisioners))
diff --git a/packer/template_test.go b/packer/template_test.go
index 7b90fb5e2..f2297cfd5 100644
--- a/packer/template_test.go
+++ b/packer/template_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ func TestParseTemplate_Basic(t *testing.T) {
 
 	data := `
 	{
-		"name": "my-image",
 		"builders": []
 	}
 	`
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ func TestParseTemplate_Basic(t *testing.T) {
 	result, err := ParseTemplate([]byte(data))
 	assert.Nil(err, "should not error")
 	assert.NotNil(result, "template should not be nil")
-	assert.Equal(result.Name, "my-image", "name should be correct")
 	assert.Length(result.Builders, 0, "no builders")
 }