diff --git a/gso/api/v1/imports.py b/gso/api/v1/imports.py
index e677f86eb21c0ffe55fb5ed53329d95467a700f3..5a7ef6c6ef791747fda0e82ee3300e4c45df4edf 100644
--- a/gso/api/v1/imports.py
+++ b/gso/api/v1/imports.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from gso.products.product_blocks.router import RouterRole, RouterVendor
 from gso.products.product_blocks.site import SiteTier
 from gso.services import subscriptions
 from gso.services.crm import CustomerNotFoundError, get_customer_by_name
-from gso.utils.helpers import LAGMember, validate_site_name
+from gso.utils.helpers import LAGMember
 
 router = APIRouter(prefix="/imports", tags=["Imports"], dependencies=[Depends(opa_security_default)])
 
@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@ class SiteImportModel(BaseModel):
     site_ts_address: str
     customer: str
 
-    @validator("site_name", allow_reuse=True)
-    def site_name_must_be_valid(cls, site_name: str) -> str:
-        return validate_site_name(site_name)
-
 
 class RouterImportModel(BaseModel):
     customer: str
diff --git a/test/imports/test_imports.py b/test/imports/test_imports.py
index 3cc72fcdb839c3bacb28a538c7f5de175a810f5f..d63651f2b1880c53b3a8aee4775ae796b81e46bb 100644
--- a/test/imports/test_imports.py
+++ b/test/imports/test_imports.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import pytest
 from orchestrator.db import SubscriptionTable
 from orchestrator.services import subscriptions
 
-from gso.api.v1.imports import SiteImportModel
 from gso.products.product_blocks.iptrunk import IptrunkType, PhyPortCapacity
 from gso.products.product_blocks.router import RouterRole, RouterVendor
 from gso.products.product_blocks.site import SiteTier