diff --git a/src/mail.js b/src/mail.js
index 73545a7ac..19af7d975 100644
--- a/src/mail.js
+++ b/src/mail.js
@@ -103,8 +103,6 @@ function validateName(name) {
     if (name.length < 1) return new MailError(MailError.BAD_FIELD, 'mailbox name must be atleast 1 char');
     if (name.length >= 200) return new MailError(MailError.BAD_FIELD, 'mailbox name too long');
 
-    if (constants.RESERVED_NAMES.indexOf(name) !== -1) return new MailError(MailError.BAD_FIELD, `mailbox name ${name} is reserved`);
-
     // +/- can be tricky in emails. also need to consider valid LDAP characters here (e.g '+' is reserved)
     if (/[^a-zA-Z0-9.]/.test(name)) return new MailError(MailError.BAD_FIELD, 'mailbox name can only contain alphanumerals and dot');
 
diff --git a/src/routes/test/mail-test.js b/src/routes/test/mail-test.js
index bfee12487..225f9b73b 100644
--- a/src/routes/test/mail-test.js
+++ b/src/routes/test/mail-test.js
@@ -938,16 +938,6 @@ describe('Mail API', function () {
                 });
         });
 
-        it('cannot add reserved group', function (done) {
-            superagent.post(SERVER_URL + '/api/v1/mail/' + DOMAIN_0.domain + '/lists')
-                .send({ name: LIST_NAME, members: [ 'Admin', USERNAME ]})
-                .query({ access_token: token })
-                .end(function (err, res) {
-                    expect(res.statusCode).to.equal(400);
-                    done();
-                });
-        });
-
         it('add succeeds', function (done) {
             superagent.post(SERVER_URL + '/api/v1/mail/' + DOMAIN_0.domain + '/lists')
                 .send({ name: LIST_NAME, members: [ 'admin2', USERNAME ]})