diff --git a/ee/app/models/projects/target_branch_rule.rb b/ee/app/models/projects/target_branch_rule.rb
index cf2f18004b6d08b9aa0f6d62eced0527a0f4467b..9eb896be81c626b5e98d1f4f05d0444d34cd432a 100644
--- a/ee/app/models/projects/target_branch_rule.rb
+++ b/ee/app/models/projects/target_branch_rule.rb
@@ -12,9 +12,5 @@ class TargetBranchRule < ApplicationRecord
     validates :target_branch, presence: true, length: { maximum: 255 }
 
     strip_attributes! :name
-
-    def name=(name)
-      super(name.try(:downcase))
-    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/ee/spec/models/projects/target_branch_rule_spec.rb b/ee/spec/models/projects/target_branch_rule_spec.rb
index d3d4d0a132f76edd5da38f316fdff9ddff910cfc..8fdd09a0e410efd8bdcb3fa74a6c0086bd2c6a76 100644
--- a/ee/spec/models/projects/target_branch_rule_spec.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/models/projects/target_branch_rule_spec.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
       rule = described_class.new(name: '  TargetBranchRule  ')
       rule.valid?
 
-      expect(rule.name).to eq('targetbranchrule')
+      expect(rule.name).to eq('TargetBranchRule')
     end
   end
 end