diff --git a/lib/scala/pkg/src/main/scala/org/enso/pkg/validation/NameValidation.scala b/lib/scala/pkg/src/main/scala/org/enso/pkg/validation/NameValidation.scala
index 71d48812cb..4416186c4d 100644
--- a/lib/scala/pkg/src/main/scala/org/enso/pkg/validation/NameValidation.scala
+++ b/lib/scala/pkg/src/main/scala/org/enso/pkg/validation/NameValidation.scala
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ object NameValidation {
       else name
     val startingWithUppercase = starting.capitalize
     val onlyAlphanumeric      = startingWithUppercase.filter(isAllowedNameCharacter)
-    toUpperSnakeCase(onlyAlphanumeric)
+
+    onlyAlphanumeric
   }
 
   /** Validate the project name.
@@ -39,8 +40,6 @@ object NameValidation {
           ListSet(invalidCharacters: _*)
         )
       )
-    } else if (name != toUpperSnakeCase(name)) {
-      Left(InvalidNameError.ShouldBeUpperSnakeCase(toUpperSnakeCase(name)))
     } else {
       Right(name)
     }
@@ -54,33 +53,4 @@ object NameValidation {
     char.isLetterOrDigit || char == '_'
   }
 
-  /** Takes a name containing letters, digits, and `_` characters and makes it
-    * a proper `Upper_Snake_Case` name.
-    *
-    * @param string the input string
-    * @return the transformed string
-    */
-  private def toUpperSnakeCase(string: String): String = {
-    val beginMarker = '#'
-    val chars       = string.toList
-    val charPairs   = (beginMarker :: chars).zip(chars)
-    charPairs
-      .map { case (previous, current) =>
-        if (previous == beginMarker) {
-          current.toString
-        } else if (previous.isLower && current.isUpper) {
-          s"_$current"
-        } else if (previous.isLetter && current.isDigit) {
-          s"_$current"
-        } else if (previous == '_' && current == '_') {
-          ""
-        } else if (previous.isDigit && current.isLetter) {
-          s"_${current.toUpper}"
-        } else {
-          current.toString
-        }
-      }
-      .mkString("")
-  }
-
 }
diff --git a/lib/scala/pkg/src/test/scala/org/enso/pkg/ConfigSpec.scala b/lib/scala/pkg/src/test/scala/org/enso/pkg/ConfigSpec.scala
index a4145f9bb1..3d57d12f40 100644
--- a/lib/scala/pkg/src/test/scala/org/enso/pkg/ConfigSpec.scala
+++ b/lib/scala/pkg/src/test/scala/org/enso/pkg/ConfigSpec.scala
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ class ConfigSpec
     }
 
     "only require the name and use defaults for everything else" in {
-      val parsed = Config.fromYaml("name: FooBar").get
-      parsed.name shouldEqual "FooBar"
+      val parsed = Config.fromYaml("name: fooBar").get
+      parsed.name shouldEqual "fooBar"
       parsed.normalizedName shouldEqual None
-      parsed.moduleName shouldEqual "Foo_Bar"
+      parsed.moduleName shouldEqual "FooBar"
       parsed.edition shouldBe empty
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/scala/pkg/src/test/scala/org/enso/pkg/NameSanitizationSpec.scala b/lib/scala/pkg/src/test/scala/org/enso/pkg/NameSanitizationSpec.scala
index d544e544fc..2ee77272c4 100644
--- a/lib/scala/pkg/src/test/scala/org/enso/pkg/NameSanitizationSpec.scala
+++ b/lib/scala/pkg/src/test/scala/org/enso/pkg/NameSanitizationSpec.scala
@@ -12,13 +12,14 @@ class NameSanitizationSpec extends AnyWordSpec with Matchers {
 
     "sanitize the name of the project" in {
       normalizeName("My_Project") shouldEqual "My_Project"
-      normalizeName("My___Project") shouldEqual "My_Project"
-      normalizeName("myProject") shouldEqual "My_Project"
-      normalizeName("myPro??^ject123") shouldEqual "My_Project_123"
-      normalizeName("???%$6543lib") shouldEqual "Project_6543_Lib"
-      normalizeName("MyProject™") shouldEqual "My_Project"
+      normalizeName("My___Project") shouldEqual "My___Project"
+      normalizeName("myProject") shouldEqual "MyProject"
+      normalizeName("myPro??^ject123") shouldEqual "MyProject123"
+      normalizeName("???%$6543lib") shouldEqual "Project_6543lib"
+      normalizeName("MyProject™") shouldEqual "MyProject"
       normalizeName("$$$$") shouldEqual "Project"
       normalizeName("$$42$$") shouldEqual "Project_42"
+      normalizeName("AoC_1") shouldEqual "AoC_1"
       normalizeName("\uD83D\uDE80") shouldEqual "Project"
       normalizeName("\uD83D\uDE80_\uD83D\uDE0A") shouldEqual "Project"
       normalizeName("\uD83D\uDE80_\uD83D\uDE0A__") shouldEqual "Project"
@@ -29,12 +30,8 @@ class NameSanitizationSpec extends AnyWordSpec with Matchers {
       validateName("My") shouldEqual Right("My")
       validateName("My_Project") shouldEqual Right("My_Project")
       validateName("") shouldEqual Left(InvalidNameError.Empty)
-      validateName("My___Project") shouldEqual Left(
-        InvalidNameError.ShouldBeUpperSnakeCase("My_Project")
-      )
-      validateName("FooBar") shouldEqual Left(
-        InvalidNameError.ShouldBeUpperSnakeCase("Foo_Bar")
-      )
+      validateName("My___Project") shouldEqual Right("My___Project")
+      validateName("FooBar") shouldEqual Right("FooBar")
       validateName("myProject") shouldEqual Left(
         InvalidNameError.ShouldStartWithCapitalLetter
       )