diff --git a/modules/store-devtools/spec/config.spec.ts b/modules/store-devtools/spec/config.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 80645df646..0000000000
--- a/modules/store-devtools/spec/config.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import { ActionReducer, Action } from '@ngrx/store';
-import { StoreDevtoolsConfig } from '../';
-
-describe('StoreDevtoolsOptions', () => {
-  it('can be initialized with name', () => {
-    const options = new StoreDevtoolsConfig();
-    options.name = 'my instance';
-    expect(options.name).toBe('my instance');
-  });
-});
diff --git a/modules/store-devtools/src/config.ts b/modules/store-devtools/src/config.ts
index 07cfeb967c..fa57147e63 100644
--- a/modules/store-devtools/src/config.ts
+++ b/modules/store-devtools/src/config.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { InjectionToken, Type } from '@angular/core';
 export class StoreDevtoolsConfig {
   maxAge: number | false;
   monitor: ActionReducer<any, any>;
-  name: string;
 }
 
 export const STORE_DEVTOOLS_CONFIG = new InjectionToken<StoreDevtoolsConfig>(
diff --git a/modules/store-devtools/src/instrument.ts b/modules/store-devtools/src/instrument.ts
index d791f9ae3b..101e77479c 100644
--- a/modules/store-devtools/src/instrument.ts
+++ b/modules/store-devtools/src/instrument.ts
@@ -64,15 +64,12 @@ export function noMonitor(): null {
   return null;
 }
 
-export const DEFAULT_NAME = 'store-devtool-instance';
-
 export function createConfig(
   _options: StoreDevtoolsOptions
 ): StoreDevtoolsConfig {
   const DEFAULT_OPTIONS: StoreDevtoolsConfig = {
     maxAge: false,
     monitor: noMonitor,
-    name: DEFAULT_NAME,
   };
 
   let options = typeof _options === 'function' ? _options() : _options;