diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorRefProvider.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorRefProvider.scala
index 21a3f26a58..de907827a5 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorRefProvider.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorRefProvider.scala
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ trait ActorRefProvider {
 
   def nodename: String
 
-  def clustername: String
-
   /**
    * The root path for all actors within this actor system, including remote
    * address if enabled.
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorSystem.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorSystem.scala
index e24a3a29f2..00df791166 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorSystem.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorSystem.scala
@@ -158,11 +158,6 @@ abstract class ActorSystem extends ActorRefFactory {
    */
   def nodename: String
 
-  /**
-   * The logical name of the cluster this actor system belongs to.
-   */
-  def clustername: String
-
   /**
    * Construct a path below the application guardian to be used with [[ActorSystem.actorFor]].
    */
@@ -379,7 +374,6 @@ class ActorSystemImpl(val name: String, applicationConfig: Config) extends Actor
   def systemGuardian: InternalActorRef = provider.systemGuardian
   def deathWatch: DeathWatch = provider.deathWatch
   def nodename: String = provider.nodename
-  def clustername: String = provider.clustername
 
   def /(actorName: String): ActorPath = guardian.path / actorName
   def /(path: Iterable[String]): ActorPath = guardian.path / path
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/resources/reference.conf b/akka-remote/src/main/resources/reference.conf
index b3d2027d91..960d663636 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/resources/reference.conf
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ akka {
   }
 
   cluster {
-    name = "default-cluster"
     nodename = "default"
     seed-nodes = []
   }
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteActorRefProvider.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteActorRefProvider.scala
index 037f9d594a..3f95c03d1a 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteActorRefProvider.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteActorRefProvider.scala
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ class RemoteActorRefProvider(
   def guardian = local.guardian
   def systemGuardian = local.systemGuardian
   def nodename = remoteSettings.NodeName
-  def clustername = remoteSettings.ClusterName
   def terminationFuture = local.terminationFuture
   def dispatcher = local.dispatcher
 
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteSettings.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteSettings.scala
index 69c921ff25..bc765bae26 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteSettings.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteSettings.scala
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ class RemoteSettings(val config: Config, val systemName: String) {
   val BackoffTimeout = Duration(config.getMilliseconds("akka.remote.backoff-timeout"), MILLISECONDS)
 
   // TODO cluster config will go into akka-cluster/reference.conf when we enable that module
-  val ClusterName = getString("akka.cluster.name")
   val SeedNodes = Set.empty[RemoteNettyAddress] ++ getStringList("akka.cluster.seed-nodes").asScala.collect {
     case RemoteAddressExtractor(addr) ⇒ addr.transport
   }
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/RemoteConfigSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/RemoteConfigSpec.scala
index b1a9905b6e..5d053f377b 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/RemoteConfigSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/RemoteConfigSpec.scala
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ class RemoteConfigSpec extends AkkaSpec("akka.cluster.nodename = node1") {
 
       // TODO cluster config will go into akka-cluster/reference.conf when we enable that module
       //akka.cluster
-      getString("akka.cluster.name") must equal("default-cluster")
       getString("akka.cluster.nodename") must equal("node1")
       getStringList("akka.cluster.seed-nodes") must equal(new java.util.ArrayList[String])