diff --git a/app/controllers/leader_skills_controller.rb b/app/controllers/leader_skills_controller.rb
index 545bbe5..a841cec 100644
--- a/app/controllers/leader_skills_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/leader_skills_controller.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class LeaderSkillsController < ApplicationController
   private
 
   def leader_skill_params
-    params.require(:leader_skill).permit(:name, :description)
+    params.require(:leader_skill).permit(:description)
   end
 
   def set_leader_skill
diff --git a/app/models/leader_skill.rb b/app/models/leader_skill.rb
index ed9757a..36e8a22 100644
--- a/app/models/leader_skill.rb
+++ b/app/models/leader_skill.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 class LeaderSkill < ActiveRecord::Base
-  validates :name, presence: true
   validates :description, presence: true
 end
diff --git a/app/views/leader_skills/_form.html.slim b/app/views/leader_skills/_form.html.slim
index 269ec02..df2300c 100644
--- a/app/views/leader_skills/_form.html.slim
+++ b/app/views/leader_skills/_form.html.slim
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 = simple_form_for @leader_skill do |f|
   .form-inputs
-    = f.input :name
     = f.input :description
   .form-actions
     = f.button :button
diff --git a/app/views/leader_skills/index.html.slim b/app/views/leader_skills/index.html.slim
index 3d8255a..6b4e250 100644
--- a/app/views/leader_skills/index.html.slim
+++ b/app/views/leader_skills/index.html.slim
@@ -8,13 +8,11 @@
     table.table.table-striped.table-hover
       thead
         tr
-          th Name
           th Description
           th Actions
       tbody
         - @leader_skills.each do |leader_skill|
           tr
-            td= leader_skill.name
             td= leader_skill.description
             td
               = link_to glyph('edit', classes: 'control-icon'), edit_leader_skill_path(leader_skill)
diff --git a/db/migrate/20151007201555_remove_name_from_leader_skill.rb b/db/migrate/20151007201555_remove_name_from_leader_skill.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..169c942
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20151007201555_remove_name_from_leader_skill.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class RemoveNameFromLeaderSkill < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    remove_column :leader_skills, :name
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 4c707de..9a73c36 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20151007164606) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20151007201555) do
 
   create_table "awaken_types", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string   "name"
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20151007164606) do
   end
 
   create_table "leader_skills", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.string   "name"
     t.string   "description"
     t.datetime "created_at",  null: false
     t.datetime "updated_at",  null: false