diff --git a/virtinst/util.py b/virtinst/util.py
index 31ccd3854..2fe00d3b0 100644
--- a/virtinst/util.py
+++ b/virtinst/util.py
@@ -140,10 +140,6 @@ def validate_uuid(val):
 
 
 def validate_name(name_type, val):
-    if re.match("^[0-9]+$", val):
-        raise ValueError(_("%s name can not be only numeric characters") %
-                          name_type)
-
     # Rather than try and match libvirt's regex, just forbid things we
     # know don't work
     forbid = [" "]