diff --git a/AsyncDisplayKit.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/AsyncDisplayKit.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index ff78556ce4..d50df2658a 100644
--- a/AsyncDisplayKit.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/AsyncDisplayKit.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -1533,7 +1533,6 @@
 				205F0E221B376416007741D0 /* CGRect+ASConvenience.m in Sources */,
 				058D0A21195D050800B7D73C /* NSMutableAttributedString+TextKitAdditions.m in Sources */,
 				205F0E101B371875007741D0 /* UICollectionViewLayout+ASConvenience.m in Sources */,
-				058D0A25195D050800B7D73C /* UIView+ASConvenience.m in Sources */,
 				CC7FD9DF1BB5E962005CCB2B /* ASPhotosFrameworkImageRequest.m in Sources */,
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
@@ -1648,7 +1647,6 @@
 				34566CB31BC1213700715E6B /* ASPhotosFrameworkImageRequest.m in Sources */,
 				B350623B1B010EFD0018CF92 /* NSMutableAttributedString+TextKitAdditions.m in Sources */,
 				044284FD1BAA365100D16268 /* UICollectionViewLayout+ASConvenience.m in Sources */,
-				B35062441B010EFD0018CF92 /* UIView+ASConvenience.m in Sources */,
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 		};
diff --git a/AsyncDisplayKit/Details/UIView+ASConvenience.h b/AsyncDisplayKit/Details/UIView+ASConvenience.h
index d1f0032469..908c99b2fc 100644
--- a/AsyncDisplayKit/Details/UIView+ASConvenience.h
+++ b/AsyncDisplayKit/Details/UIView+ASConvenience.h
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 @property (nonatomic, assign) CGFloat borderWidth;
 @property (nonatomic, assign, getter = isOpaque) BOOL opaque;
 @property (nonatomic, retain) __attribute__((NSObject)) CGColorRef borderColor;
-@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *asyncdisplaykit_name;
 @property (nonatomic, retain) __attribute__((NSObject)) CGColorRef backgroundColor;
 @property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL allowsEdgeAntialiasing;
 @property (nonatomic, assign) unsigned int edgeAntialiasingMask;
@@ -79,7 +78,3 @@
 @property (nonatomic, copy)          NSString *accessibilityIdentifier;
 
 @end
-
-@interface CALayer (ASDisplayNodeLayer)
-@property (atomic, copy) NSString *asyncdisplaykit_name;
-@end
diff --git a/AsyncDisplayKit/Details/UIView+ASConvenience.m b/AsyncDisplayKit/Details/UIView+ASConvenience.m
deleted file mode 100644
index 6772024821..0000000000
--- a/AsyncDisplayKit/Details/UIView+ASConvenience.m
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright (c) 2014-present, Facebook, Inc.
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
- * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
- */
-
-#import "UIView+ASConvenience.h"
-
-@implementation CALayer (ASDisplayNodeLayer)
-@dynamic asyncdisplaykit_name;
-@end
diff --git a/AsyncDisplayKit/Private/_ASPendingState.m b/AsyncDisplayKit/Private/_ASPendingState.m
index b649275a87..84fffd2387 100644
--- a/AsyncDisplayKit/Private/_ASPendingState.m
+++ b/AsyncDisplayKit/Private/_ASPendingState.m
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@
 @synthesize borderWidth=borderWidth;
 @synthesize borderColor=borderColor;
 @synthesize asyncdisplaykit_asyncTransactionContainer=asyncTransactionContainer;
-@synthesize asyncdisplaykit_name=name;
 
 - (id)init
 {
@@ -626,9 +625,6 @@
   if (_flags.setAsyncTransactionContainer)
     layer.asyncdisplaykit_asyncTransactionContainer = asyncTransactionContainer;
 
-  if (_flags.setName)
-    layer.asyncdisplaykit_name = name;
-
   if (_flags.setOpaque)
     ASDisplayNodeAssert(layer.opaque == opaque, @"Didn't set opaque as desired");
 }
@@ -741,9 +737,6 @@
   if (_flags.setAsyncTransactionContainer)
     view.asyncdisplaykit_asyncTransactionContainer = asyncTransactionContainer;
 
-  if (_flags.setName)
-    layer.asyncdisplaykit_name = name;
-
   if (_flags.setOpaque)
     ASDisplayNodeAssert(view.layer.opaque == opaque, @"Didn't set opaque as desired");