diff --git a/compiler.nimble b/compiler.nimble
index fef0cdad73..5929df3ec7 100644
--- a/compiler.nimble
+++ b/compiler.nimble
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 
-name = "compiler"
 version = system.NimVersion
 author = "Andreas Rumpf"
 description = "Compiler package providing the compiler sources as a library."
diff --git a/lib/stdlib.nimble b/lib/stdlib.nimble
index 45308b5b45..5965d64367 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib.nimble
+++ b/lib/stdlib.nimble
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 
-name          = "stdlib"
 version       = system.NimVersion
 author        = "Dominik Picheta"
 description   = "Nim's standard library."