diff --git a/core/kdeconnectconfig.cpp b/core/kdeconnectconfig.cpp

index 9171930309809d9140a3a09ce1ad9eb11315d811..a8dbcf5c83ea94d2411288c045bcce80ccd4fec3 100644

--- a/core/kdeconnectconfig.cpp

+++ b/core/kdeconnectconfig.cpp

@@ -90,13 +90,7 @@ KdeConnectConfig::KdeConnectConfig()

 QString KdeConnectConfig::name()

 {

-    QString username;

-    #ifdef Q_OS_WIN

-        username = QString::fromLatin1(qgetenv("USERNAME"));

-    #else

-        username = QString::fromLatin1(qgetenv("USER"));

-    #endif

-    QString defaultName = username + QStringLiteral("@") + QHostInfo::localHostName();

+    QString defaultName = QHostInfo::localHostName();

     QString name = d->m_config->value(QStringLiteral("name"), defaultName).toString();

     return name;

 }