diff --git a/journals/exceptions.py b/journals/exceptions.py
index f3ee072bb30a544bce998d7577a030b68458ac50..88122e83a6c09e409a553ac375f254e99ee7057c 100644
--- a/journals/exceptions.py
+++ b/journals/exceptions.py
@@ -2,14 +2,6 @@ __copyright__ = "Copyright © Stichting SciPost (SciPost Foundation)"
 __license__ = "AGPL v3"
 
 
-class JournalNameError(Exception):
-    def __init__(self, name):
-        self.name = name
-
-    def __str__(self):
-        return self.name
-
-
 class PaperNumberError(Exception):
     def __init__(self, nr):
         self.nr = nr