diff --git a/adminstuds.php b/adminstuds.php
index 388d9c2..3f30a41 100644
--- a/adminstuds.php
+++ b/adminstuds.php
@@ -431,6 +431,5 @@ $smarty->assign('editingVoteId', $editingVoteId);
 $smarty->assign('message', $message);
 $smarty->assign('admin', true);
 $smarty->assign('hidden', false);
-$smarty->assign('parameter_name_regex', NAME_REGEX);
 
 $smarty->display('studs.tpl');
diff --git a/app/classes/Framadate/Services/InputService.php b/app/classes/Framadate/Services/InputService.php
index 31b3103..29e8a42 100644
--- a/app/classes/Framadate/Services/InputService.php
+++ b/app/classes/Framadate/Services/InputService.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class InputService {
     }
 
     public function filterName($name) {
-        $filtered = filter_var($name, FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP, ['options' => ['regexp' => NAME_REGEX]]);
+        $filtered = trim($name);
         return $this->returnIfNotBlank($filtered);
     }
 
diff --git a/app/inc/constants.php b/app/inc/constants.php
index d1db10a..166b21b 100644
--- a/app/inc/constants.php
+++ b/app/inc/constants.php
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ const VERSION = '0.9';
 // Regex
 const POLL_REGEX = '/^[a-z0-9]+$/i';
 const CHOICE_REGEX = '/^[012]$/';
-const NAME_REGEX = '/^[áàâäãåçéèêëíìîïñóòôöõúùûüýÿæœa-z0-9_ -]+$/i';
 const BOOLEAN_REGEX = '/^(on|off|true|false|1|0)$/i';
 const BOOLEAN_TRUE_REGEX = '/^(on|true|1)$/i';
 const EDITABLE_CHOICE_REGEX = '/^[0-2]$/';
diff --git a/js/app/studs.js b/js/app/studs.js
index 52fd102..2ef5aee 100644
--- a/js/app/studs.js
+++ b/js/app/studs.js
@@ -20,10 +20,9 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
 
     $("#poll_form").submit(function (event) {
         var name = $("#name").val();
-        var regexContent = $("#parameter_name_regex").text().split("/");
-        var regex = new RegExp(regexContent[1], regexContent[2]);
+        name = name.trim();
 
-        if (name.length == 0 || !regex.test(name)) {
+        if (name.length == 0) {
             event.preventDefault();
             var newMessage = $("#nameErrorMessage").clone();
             $("#message-container").empty();
diff --git a/studs.php b/studs.php
index abde6ed..52b9096 100644
--- a/studs.php
+++ b/studs.php
@@ -216,6 +216,5 @@ $smarty->assign('editingVoteId', $editingVoteId);
 $smarty->assign('message', $message);
 $smarty->assign('admin', false);
 $smarty->assign('hidden', $poll->hidden);
-$smarty->assign('parameter_name_regex', NAME_REGEX);
 
 $smarty->display('studs.tpl');
diff --git a/tpl/studs.tpl b/tpl/studs.tpl
index aaddc99..f84fe6a 100644
--- a/tpl/studs.tpl
+++ b/tpl/studs.tpl
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@
     </div>
 </div>
 
-<div class="hidden">
-    <p id="parameter_name_regex">{$parameter_name_regex}</p>
-</div>
-
 
 {* Vote table *}