diff --git a/scene/main/node.cpp b/scene/main/node.cpp
index 0d516ce4f09..81c7b382c7f 100644
--- a/scene/main/node.cpp
+++ b/scene/main/node.cpp
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ void Node::_validate_child_name(Node *p_child, bool p_force_human_readable) {
 
 		bool unique = true;
 
-		if (p_child->data.name == StringName() || p_child->data.name.operator String()[0] == '@') {
+		if (p_child->data.name == StringName()) {
 			//new unique name must be assigned
 			unique = false;
 		} else {