diff --git a/webui/src/lib/patterns.ts b/webui/src/lib/patterns.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 79cf13b0..00000000
--- a/webui/src/lib/patterns.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export const nameRegex = /^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+$/;
diff --git a/webui/src/views/AddPlanModal.tsx b/webui/src/views/AddPlanModal.tsx
index dee617f2..1952a7b5 100644
--- a/webui/src/views/AddPlanModal.tsx
+++ b/webui/src/views/AddPlanModal.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import { useShowModal } from "../components/ModalManager";
 import { Plan, RetentionPolicy } from "../../gen/ts/v1/config_pb";
 import { useRecoilState } from "recoil";
 import { configState, fetchConfig, updateConfig } from "../state/config";
-import { nameRegex } from "../lib/patterns";
 import { MinusCircleOutlined, PlusOutlined } from "@ant-design/icons";
 import { URIAutocomplete } from "../components/URIAutocomplete";
 import { useAlertApi } from "../components/Alerts";
@@ -163,10 +162,6 @@ export const AddPlanModal = ({
                 required: true,
                 message: "Please input plan name",
               },
-              {
-                pattern: nameRegex,
-                message: "Invalid symbol",
-              },
               {
                 validator: async (_, value) => {
                   if (template) return;
diff --git a/webui/src/views/AddRepoModal.tsx b/webui/src/views/AddRepoModal.tsx
index d804a718..8025ae7f 100644
--- a/webui/src/views/AddRepoModal.tsx
+++ b/webui/src/views/AddRepoModal.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import {
   updateConfig,
 } from "../state/config";
 import { useRecoilState } from "recoil";
-import { nameRegex } from "../lib/patterns";
 import { validateForm } from "../lib/formutil";
 import { backrestService } from "../api";
 
@@ -180,10 +179,6 @@ export const AddRepoModal = ({
                 required: true,
                 message: "Please input plan name",
               },
-              {
-                pattern: nameRegex,
-                message: "Invalid symbol",
-              },
               {
                 validator: async (_, value) => {
                   if (template) return;