diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/model/SwaggerModelSerializer.scala b/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/model/SwaggerModelSerializer.scala
index ec1c372beaf4..4b7f4ce0c2bb 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/model/SwaggerModelSerializer.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/model/SwaggerModelSerializer.scala
@@ -287,10 +287,7 @@ object SwaggerSerializers {
           !!(json, MODEL, "id", "missing required field", ERROR)
           ""
         }),
-        (json \ "name").extractOrElse({
-          !!(json, MODEL, "name", "missing required field", ERROR)
-          ""
-        }),
+        (json \ "name").extractOrElse(""),
         output,
         (json \ "description").extractOpt[String]
       )