diff --git a/docs/system/deprecated.rst b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
index 544ece0a45..3a255591c3 100644
--- a/docs/system/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
@@ -47,12 +47,6 @@ The 'file' driver for drives is no longer appropriate for character or host
 devices and will only accept regular files (S_IFREG). The correct driver
 for these file types is 'host_cdrom' or 'host_device' as appropriate.
 
-``-net ...,name=``\ *name* (since 3.1)
-''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
-
-The ``name`` parameter of the ``-net`` option is a synonym
-for the ``id`` parameter, which should now be used instead.
-
 ``-smp`` (invalid topologies) (since 3.1)
 '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
 
@@ -441,6 +435,15 @@ What follows is a record of recently removed, formerly deprecated
 features that serves as a record for users who have encountered
 trouble after a recent upgrade.
 
+System emulator command line arguments
+--------------------------------------
+
+``-net ...,name=``\ *name* (removed in 5.1)
+'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+The ``name`` parameter of the ``-net`` option was a synonym
+for the ``id`` parameter, which should now be used instead.
+
 QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands
 ------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/net/net.c b/net/net.c
index 4c62b10acd..e55d3572a4 100644
--- a/net/net.c
+++ b/net/net.c
@@ -969,12 +969,10 @@ static int net_client_init1(const void *object, bool is_netdev, Error **errp)
 {
     Netdev legacy = {0};
     const Netdev *netdev;
-    const char *name;
     NetClientState *peer = NULL;
 
     if (is_netdev) {
         netdev = object;
-        name = netdev->id;
 
         if (netdev->type == NET_CLIENT_DRIVER_NIC ||
             !net_client_init_fun[netdev->type]) {
@@ -987,12 +985,6 @@ static int net_client_init1(const void *object, bool is_netdev, Error **errp)
         const NetLegacyOptions *opts = net->opts;
         legacy.id = net->id;
         netdev = &legacy;
-        /* missing optional values have been initialized to "all bits zero" */
-        name = net->has_id ? net->id : net->name;
-
-        if (net->has_name) {
-            warn_report("The 'name' parameter is deprecated, use 'id' instead");
-        }
 
         /* Map the old options to the new flat type */
         switch (opts->type) {
@@ -1052,7 +1044,7 @@ static int net_client_init1(const void *object, bool is_netdev, Error **errp)
         }
     }
 
-    if (net_client_init_fun[netdev->type](netdev, name, peer, errp) < 0) {
+    if (net_client_init_fun[netdev->type](netdev, netdev->id, peer, errp) < 0) {
         /* FIXME drop when all init functions store an Error */
         if (errp && !*errp) {
             error_setg(errp, QERR_DEVICE_INIT_FAILED,
diff --git a/qapi/net.json b/qapi/net.json
index cebb1b52e3..fc7c95f6d8 100644
--- a/qapi/net.json
+++ b/qapi/net.json
@@ -474,8 +474,6 @@
 #
 # @id: identifier for monitor commands
 #
-# @name: identifier for monitor commands, ignored if @id is present
-#
 # @opts: device type specific properties (legacy)
 #
 # Since: 1.2
@@ -483,7 +481,6 @@
 { 'struct': 'NetLegacy',
   'data': {
     '*id':   'str',
-    '*name': 'str',
     'opts':  'NetLegacyOptions' } }
 
 ##