diff --git a/test/test_api_usage.py b/test/test_api_usage.py
index b1f8b7476..e01dd0ce7 100644
--- a/test/test_api_usage.py
+++ b/test/test_api_usage.py
@@ -2241,7 +2241,7 @@ class TestGetRepository(ApiTestCase):
   def test_getrepo_badnames(self):
     self.login(ADMIN_ACCESS_USER)
 
-    bad_names = ['logs', 'build', 'tokens', 'foo.bar', 'foo-bar', 'foo_bar']
+    bad_names = ['logs', 'build', 'tokens', 'foo-bar', 'foo_bar']
 
     # For each bad name, create the repo.
     for bad_name in bad_names:
diff --git a/util/names.py b/util/names.py
index 9fb6f3064..d6b4c1886 100644
--- a/util/names.py
+++ b/util/names.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import anunidecode # Don't listen to pylint's lies. This import is required for
 
 from uuid import uuid4
 
-REPOSITORY_NAME_REGEX = re.compile(r'^[\.a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$')
+REPOSITORY_NAME_REGEX = re.compile(r'^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$')
 
 VALID_TAG_PATTERN = r'[\w][\w.-]{0,127}'
 FULL_TAG_PATTERN = r'^[\w][\w.-]{0,127}$'