diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/dispatch/ActorModelSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/dispatch/ActorModelSpec.scala
index 71cf23ae7e..417a174f8b 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/dispatch/ActorModelSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/dispatch/ActorModelSpec.scala
@@ -450,7 +450,6 @@ object DispatcherModelSpec {
     private val instance: MessageDispatcher = {
       configureThreadPool(config,
         threadPoolConfig ⇒ new Dispatcher(prerequisites,
-          config.getString("name"),
           config.getString("id"),
           config.getInt("throughput"),
           Duration(config.getNanoseconds("throughput-deadline-time"), TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS),
@@ -525,7 +524,6 @@ object BalancingDispatcherModelSpec {
     private val instance: MessageDispatcher = {
       configureThreadPool(config,
         threadPoolConfig ⇒ new BalancingDispatcher(prerequisites,
-          config.getString("name"),
           config.getString("id"),
           config.getInt("throughput"),
           Duration(config.getNanoseconds("throughput-deadline-time"), TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS),
diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/dispatch/DispatchersSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/dispatch/DispatchersSpec.scala
index d169981a5a..5d6dd65529 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/dispatch/DispatchersSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/dispatch/DispatchersSpec.scala
@@ -58,11 +58,6 @@ class DispatchersSpec extends AkkaSpec(DispatchersSpec.config) {
       dispatcher.throughput must be(17)
     }
 
-    "use specific name" in {
-      val dispatcher = lookup("myapp.mydispatcher")
-      dispatcher.name must be("mydispatcher")
-    }
-
     "use specific id" in {
       val dispatcher = lookup("myapp.mydispatcher")
       dispatcher.id must be("myapp.mydispatcher")
@@ -95,7 +90,6 @@ class DispatchersSpec extends AkkaSpec(DispatchersSpec.config) {
       val d1 = lookup("myapp.mydispatcher")
       val d2 = lookup("myapp.mydispatcher")
       d1 must be === d2
-      d1.name must be("mydispatcher")
     }
 
   }
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/resources/reference.conf b/akka-actor/src/main/resources/reference.conf
index 94efc34176..463c3121fe 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/resources/reference.conf
@@ -155,9 +155,6 @@ akka {
       # parameters
       type = "Dispatcher"
 
-      # Name used in log messages and thread names.
-      name = "default-dispatcher"
-
       # Toggles whether the threads created by this dispatcher should be daemons or not
       daemonic = off
 
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/AbstractDispatcher.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/AbstractDispatcher.scala
index 812cda9f9f..ff209c8c00 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/AbstractDispatcher.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/AbstractDispatcher.scala
@@ -139,11 +139,6 @@ abstract class MessageDispatcher(val prerequisites: DispatcherPrerequisites) ext
    */
   protected[akka] def createMailbox(actor: ActorCell): Mailbox
 
-  /**
-   * Name of this dispatcher.
-   */
-  def name: String
-
   /**
    * Identifier of this dispatcher, corresponds to the full key
    * of the dispatcher configuration.
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/BalancingDispatcher.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/BalancingDispatcher.scala
index 92c5d1e967..cc2d7a5e96 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/BalancingDispatcher.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/BalancingDispatcher.scala
@@ -31,14 +31,13 @@ import akka.util.Duration
  */
 class BalancingDispatcher(
   _prerequisites: DispatcherPrerequisites,
-  _name: String,
   _id: String,
   throughput: Int,
   throughputDeadlineTime: Duration,
   mailboxType: MailboxType,
   config: ThreadPoolConfig,
   _shutdownTimeout: Duration)
-  extends Dispatcher(_prerequisites, _name, _id, throughput, throughputDeadlineTime, mailboxType, config, _shutdownTimeout) {
+  extends Dispatcher(_prerequisites, _id, throughput, throughputDeadlineTime, mailboxType, config, _shutdownTimeout) {
 
   val buddies = new ConcurrentSkipListSet[ActorCell](akka.util.Helpers.IdentityHashComparator)
   val rebalance = new AtomicBoolean(false)
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Dispatcher.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Dispatcher.scala
index cc60decec9..0e72f01681 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Dispatcher.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Dispatcher.scala
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent._
  */
 class Dispatcher(
   _prerequisites: DispatcherPrerequisites,
-  val name: String,
   val id: String,
   val throughput: Int,
   val throughputDeadlineTime: Duration,
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ class Dispatcher(
   val shutdownTimeout: Duration)
   extends MessageDispatcher(_prerequisites) {
 
-  protected[akka] val executorServiceFactory = executorServiceFactoryProvider.createExecutorServiceFactory(name)
+  protected[akka] val executorServiceFactory = executorServiceFactoryProvider.createExecutorServiceFactory(id)
   protected[akka] val executorService = new AtomicReference[ExecutorService](new ExecutorServiceDelegate {
     lazy val executor = executorServiceFactory.createExecutorService
   })
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ class Dispatcher(
     } else false
   }
 
-  override val toString = getClass.getSimpleName + "[" + name + "]"
+  override val toString = getClass.getSimpleName + "[" + id + "]"
 }
 
 object PriorityGenerator {
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Dispatchers.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Dispatchers.scala
index 3dfffcdbbf..31258c540e 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Dispatchers.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/Dispatchers.scala
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ class DispatcherConfigurator(config: Config, prerequisites: DispatcherPrerequisi
   private val instance =
     configureThreadPool(config,
       threadPoolConfig ⇒ new Dispatcher(prerequisites,
-        config.getString("name"),
         config.getString("id"),
         config.getInt("throughput"),
         Duration(config.getNanoseconds("throughput-deadline-time"), TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS),
@@ -186,7 +185,6 @@ class BalancingDispatcherConfigurator(config: Config, prerequisites: DispatcherP
   private val instance =
     configureThreadPool(config,
       threadPoolConfig ⇒ new BalancingDispatcher(prerequisites,
-        config.getString("name"),
         config.getString("id"),
         config.getInt("throughput"),
         Duration(config.getNanoseconds("throughput-deadline-time"), TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS),
@@ -211,7 +209,7 @@ class PinnedDispatcherConfigurator(config: Config, prerequisites: DispatcherPrer
    */
   override def dispatcher(): MessageDispatcher = configureThreadPool(config,
     threadPoolConfig ⇒
-      new PinnedDispatcher(prerequisites, null, config.getString("name"), config.getString("id"), mailboxType,
+      new PinnedDispatcher(prerequisites, null, config.getString("id"), mailboxType,
         Duration(config.getMilliseconds("shutdown-timeout"), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS),
         threadPoolConfig)).build
 
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/PinnedDispatcher.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/PinnedDispatcher.scala
index d89df72188..c88113fc64 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/PinnedDispatcher.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/PinnedDispatcher.scala
@@ -21,13 +21,11 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 class PinnedDispatcher(
   _prerequisites: DispatcherPrerequisites,
   _actor: ActorCell,
-  _name: String,
   _id: String,
   _mailboxType: MailboxType,
   _shutdownTimeout: Duration,
   _threadPoolConfig: ThreadPoolConfig = ThreadPoolConfig())
   extends Dispatcher(_prerequisites,
-    _name,
     _id,
     Int.MaxValue,
     Duration.Zero,