diff --git a/bin/lib/create.js b/bin/lib/create.js
index 71ce5f55..d737b328 100755
--- a/bin/lib/create.js
+++ b/bin/lib/create.js
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ function validatePackageName (package_name) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Test whether a project name is acceptable for use as an android class.
+ * Test whether given string is acceptable for use as a project name
  * Returns a promise, fulfilled if the project name is acceptable; rejected
  * otherwise.
  */
@@ -219,16 +219,6 @@ function validateProjectName (project_name) {
         return Promise.reject(new CordovaError(msg + 'Project name cannot be empty'));
     }
 
-    // Enforce stupid name error
-    if (project_name === 'CordovaActivity') {
-        return Promise.reject(new CordovaError(msg + 'Project name cannot be CordovaActivity'));
-    }
-
-    // Classes in Java don't begin with numbers
-    if (/^[0-9]/.test(project_name)) {
-        return Promise.reject(new CordovaError(msg + 'Project name must not begin with a number'));
-    }
-
     return Promise.resolve();
 }
 
diff --git a/spec/unit/create.spec.js b/spec/unit/create.spec.js
index 58978823..7eb98fcc 100644
--- a/spec/unit/create.spec.js
+++ b/spec/unit/create.spec.js
@@ -79,7 +79,10 @@ describe('create', function () {
                 'mobilespec',
                 'package_name',
                 'PackageName',
-                'CordovaLib'
+                'CordovaLib',
+                '1337',
+                '3 Little Pigs',
+                'CordovaActivity'
             ];
             valid.forEach(function (project_name) {
                 it('Test#003 : should accept ' + project_name, () => {
@@ -96,22 +99,6 @@ describe('create', function () {
                     expect(err.message).toContain('Project name cannot be empty');
                 });
             });
-            it('should reject "CordovaActivity" as a project name', () => {
-                return create.validateProjectName('CordovaActivity').then(() => {
-                    fail('Expected promise to be rejected');
-                }, err => {
-                    expect(err).toEqual(jasmine.any(Error));
-                    expect(err.message).toContain('Project name cannot be CordovaActivity');
-                });
-            });
-            it('should reject project names that begin with a number', () => {
-                return create.validateProjectName('1337').then(() => {
-                    fail('Expected promise to be rejected');
-                }, err => {
-                    expect(err).toEqual(jasmine.any(Error));
-                    expect(err.message).toContain('Project name must not begin with a number');
-                });
-            });
         });
     });
     describe('main method', function () {