diff --git a/src/app/admin/settings/cms-settings-config.ts b/src/app/admin/settings/cms-settings-config.ts
index 7b099f10b8..dc33a47e25 100644
--- a/src/app/admin/settings/cms-settings-config.ts
+++ b/src/app/admin/settings/cms-settings-config.ts
@@ -44,13 +44,6 @@ export const SETTINGS_GROUPS: SettingsGroup[] = [
 		icon: "building",
 		description: "Name, branding and defaults shown across the site.",
 		fields: [
-			{
-				key: "hotel_name",
-				label: "Hotel name",
-				type: "text",
-				placeholder: "Epicnabbo",
-				defaultValue: "",
-			},
 			{
 				key: "cms_logo",
 				label: "Logo URL",
diff --git a/src/lib/hotel-name.ts b/src/lib/hotel-name.ts
index 2ec742c6bf..cdf9044a3e 100644
--- a/src/lib/hotel-name.ts
+++ b/src/lib/hotel-name.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 import "server-only";
 
 import { env } from "@/env";
-import { siteSettings } from "@/lib/services/site-settings";
 
 /**
- * Resolve the public hotel name: CMS `hotel_name` setting, falling back to the
- * required HOTEL_NAME env var. There is no hardcoded preset — the site must be
- * configured, otherwise HOTEL_NAME fails validation at startup.
+ * The public hotel name is read directly from the required HOTEL_NAME env var.
+ * There is no CMS override or hardcoded preset — the site must be configured,
+ * otherwise HOTEL_NAME fails validation at startup.
  */
 export async function resolveHotelName(): Promise<string> {
-	const fromSettings = (
-		await siteSettings.get("hotel_name", env.HOTEL_NAME)
-	)?.trim();
-	return fromSettings || env.HOTEL_NAME;
+	return env.HOTEL_NAME;
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/services/site-settings.ts b/src/lib/services/site-settings.ts
index 42abc845d4..a008e28820 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/site-settings.ts
+++ b/src/lib/services/site-settings.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { logger } from "@/lib/logger";
 import { redis } from "@/lib/redis";
 
 const DEFAULTS: Record<string, string> = {
-	hotel_name: "",
 	habbo_imaging_url: "/imaging",
 	logo_url: "",
 	nitro_client_url: "",
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ const DEFAULTS: Record<string, string> = {
 const CACHE_TTL_MS = 300_000;
 const REDIS_CACHE_KEY = "site_settings";
 // Short in-process window so repeated getters in one request (header, nav,
-// footer all read hotel_name / logo) don't each pay a Redis round-trip.
+// footer all read logo and other settings) don't each pay a Redis round-trip.
 // Redis stays the source of truth across instances.
 const MEMORY_TTL_MS = 60_000;
 
diff --git a/vitest.config.ts b/vitest.config.ts
index 7d8e89b980..d11f9789b4 100644
--- a/vitest.config.ts
+++ b/vitest.config.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
 		// unit tests run without a populated .env.
 		env: {
 			SKIP_ENV_VALIDATION: "1",
+			HOTEL_NAME: "TestHotel",
 			DATABASE_URL: "mysql://root:root@localhost:3306/test",
 		},
 		testTimeout: 10000,