diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/core/model/description-template/description-template-persist.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/core/model/description-template/description-template-persist.ts
index 4903f93bd..389240caf 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/core/model/description-template/description-template-persist.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/core/model/description-template/description-template-persist.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ export interface DescriptionTemplateBaseFieldDataPersist {
 
 export interface DescriptionTemplateReferenceTypeFieldPersist extends DescriptionTemplateLabelAndMultiplicityDataPersist {
 	referenceTypeId: Guid;
-	name: string;
 }
 
 export interface DescriptionTemplateExternalDatasetDataPersist extends DescriptionTemplateLabelAndMultiplicityDataPersist {
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/composite-field/description-template-editor-composite-field.component.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/composite-field/description-template-editor-composite-field.component.ts
index c95f85f12..48c9ca9bb 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/composite-field/description-template-editor-composite-field.component.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/composite-field/description-template-editor-composite-field.component.ts
@@ -238,8 +238,7 @@ export class DescriptionTemplateEditorCompositeFieldComponent extends BaseCompon
 			if (editorField.data.fieldType === DescriptionTemplateFieldType.REFERENCE_TYPES) {
 				convertedField.data = editorField.data;
 				(convertedField.data as DescriptionTemplateReferenceTypeData).referenceType = {
-						id: (editorField.data as DescriptionTemplateReferenceTypeFieldPersist).referenceTypeId,
-						name: (editorField.data as DescriptionTemplateReferenceTypeFieldPersist).name,
+						id: (editorField.data as DescriptionTemplateReferenceTypeFieldPersist).referenceTypeId
 					};
 			} else {
 				convertedField.data = editorField.data;
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/description-template-editor.model.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/description-template-editor.model.ts
index 2358af96e..4d27509ce 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/description-template-editor.model.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/description-template-editor.model.ts
@@ -1246,7 +1246,6 @@ export class DescriptionTemplateExternalDatasetDataEditorModel extends Descripti
 //
 export class DescriptionTemplateReferenceTypeDataEditorModel extends DescriptionTemplateLabelAndMultiplicityDataEditorModel implements DescriptionTemplateReferenceTypeFieldPersist {
 	referenceTypeId: Guid;
-	name: string;
 	protected formBuilder: UntypedFormBuilder = new UntypedFormBuilder();
 
 	constructor(
@@ -1256,7 +1255,6 @@ export class DescriptionTemplateReferenceTypeDataEditorModel extends Description
 	fromModel(item: DescriptionTemplateReferenceTypeData): DescriptionTemplateReferenceTypeDataEditorModel {
 		if (item) {
 			super.fromModel(item);
-			this.name = item.referenceType?.name;
 			this.referenceTypeId = item.referenceType?.id;
 		}
 		return this;
@@ -1277,7 +1275,6 @@ export class DescriptionTemplateReferenceTypeDataEditorModel extends Description
 
 		const formGroup = super.buildForm({ context, disabled, rootPath });
 		formGroup.setControl('referenceTypeId', new FormControl({ value: this.referenceTypeId, disabled: disabled }, context.getValidation('referenceTypeId').validators));
-		formGroup.setControl('name', new FormControl({ value: this.name, disabled: disabled }));
 		return formGroup;
 	}