diff --git a/wagtail/bin/wagtail.py b/wagtail/bin/wagtail.py
index 16780dbfa9..da23077017 100644
--- a/wagtail/bin/wagtail.py
+++ b/wagtail/bin/wagtail.py
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ def create_project(parser, options, args):
     utility_args = ['django-admin.py',
                     'startproject',
                     '--template=' + template_path,
-                    '--name=Vagrantfile',
                     '--ext=html,rst',
                     project_name]