diff --git a/react/features/base/jwt/middleware.js b/react/features/base/jwt/middleware.js
index 942de6d471..7b0738e121 100644
--- a/react/features/base/jwt/middleware.js
+++ b/react/features/base/jwt/middleware.js
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import { LIB_INIT_ERROR } from '../lib-jitsi-meet';
 import {
     getLocalParticipant,
     getParticipantCount,
-    LOCAL_PARTICIPANT_DEFAULT_NAME,
     PARTICIPANT_JOINED,
     participantUpdated
 } from '../participants';
@@ -274,7 +273,7 @@ function _undoOverwriteLocalParticipant(
             newProperties.email = undefined;
         }
         if (name === localParticipant.name) {
-            newProperties.name = LOCAL_PARTICIPANT_DEFAULT_NAME;
+            newProperties.name = undefined;
         }
         dispatch(participantUpdated(newProperties));
     }
diff --git a/react/features/base/participants/constants.js b/react/features/base/participants/constants.js
index 66230c7b86..957e54b2e9 100644
--- a/react/features/base/participants/constants.js
+++ b/react/features/base/participants/constants.js
@@ -21,15 +21,6 @@ export const DEFAULT_AVATAR_RELATIVE_PATH = 'images/avatar.png';
  */
 export const LOCAL_PARTICIPANT_DEFAULT_ID = 'local';
 
-/**
- * The default display name of the local participant.
- *
- * TODO Get the display name from config and/or localized.
- *
- * @type {string}
- */
-export const LOCAL_PARTICIPANT_DEFAULT_NAME = 'me';
-
 /**
  * Max length of the display names.
  *
diff --git a/react/features/base/participants/reducer.js b/react/features/base/participants/reducer.js
index 800dfc7db5..01b70a27e4 100644
--- a/react/features/base/participants/reducer.js
+++ b/react/features/base/participants/reducer.js
@@ -11,11 +11,7 @@ import {
     PARTICIPANT_UPDATED,
     PIN_PARTICIPANT
 } from './actionTypes';
-import {
-    LOCAL_PARTICIPANT_DEFAULT_ID,
-    LOCAL_PARTICIPANT_DEFAULT_NAME,
-    PARTICIPANT_ROLE
-} from './constants';
+import { LOCAL_PARTICIPANT_DEFAULT_ID, PARTICIPANT_ROLE } from './constants';
 
 /**
  * Participant object.
@@ -80,10 +76,11 @@ function _participant(state: Object = {}, action) {
             email,
             isBot,
             local,
+            name,
             pinned,
             role
         } = participant;
-        let { avatarID, id, name } = participant;
+        let { avatarID, id } = participant;
 
         // avatarID
         //
@@ -101,17 +98,6 @@ function _participant(state: Object = {}, action) {
             id = LOCAL_PARTICIPANT_DEFAULT_ID;
         }
 
-        // name
-        if (!name) {
-            // TODO Get the display name from config and/or localized.
-            // XXX On Web the default value is handled in conference.js by
-            // getParticipantDisplayName.
-            if (typeof APP === 'undefined') {
-                name
-                    = local ? LOCAL_PARTICIPANT_DEFAULT_NAME : 'Fellow Jitster';
-            }
-        }
-
         return {
             avatarID,
             avatarURL,