diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 4698bb7bd8b6658c114947d9f9f79568d250f6b9..12d6f5830bf2c53d20138b63a6b689206186a0f3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ v 7.8.0
   - Fix commits pagination
   - 
   - Async load a branch information at the commit page
-  - 
+  - Disable blacklist validation for project names
   - Allow configuring protection of the default branch upon first push (Marco Wessel)
   -
   - 
diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index cfe40553ab5c9c0e76782eac81e25e39acdaeef4..390e1457ca1baed9e4e26cbf49bde419f86b258a 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
   validates :path,
     presence: true,
     length: { within: 0..255 },
-    exclusion: { in: Gitlab::Blacklist.path },
     format: { with: Gitlab::Regex.path_regex,
               message: Gitlab::Regex.path_regex_message }
   validates :issues_enabled, :merge_requests_enabled,