diff --git a/ifbcat_api/migrations/0179_alter_community_name.py b/ifbcat_api/migrations/0179_alter_community_name.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..309fcd66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ifbcat_api/migrations/0179_alter_community_name.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.5 on 2022-02-18 17:01
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('ifbcat_api', '0178_auto_20220218_1648'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='community',
+            name='name',
+            field=models.CharField(help_text="Name of the community, e.g. 'Galaxy'.", max_length=255, unique=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/ifbcat_api/model/community.py b/ifbcat_api/model/community.py
index 8e6975b1..aae9c9b7 100644
--- a/ifbcat_api/model/community.py
+++ b/ifbcat_api/model/community.py
@@ -10,27 +10,8 @@
 class Community(models.Model):
     """Community model: A group of people collaborating on a common scientific or technical topic, including formal ELIXIR  Communities, emerging ELIXIR communities, ELXIR focus groups, IFB communities, and others."""
 
-    # EventType: Controlled vocabulary of types of events.
-    class CommunityName(models.TextChoices):
-        """Controlled vocabulary of names of communities."""
-
-        # NB: Note "BIOINFO not 3D-BIOINFO" because of Python variable name restrictions.
-        BIOINFO = '3D-BioInfo', _('3D-BioInfo')
-        GALAXY = 'Galaxy', _('Galaxy')
-        INTRINSICALLY_DISORDERED_PROTEINS = 'Intrinsically Disordered Proteins', _('Intrinsically Disordered Proteins')
-        MARINE_METAGENOMICS = 'Marine Metagenomics', _('Marine Metagenomics')
-        METABOLOMICS = 'Metabolomics', _('Metabolomics')
-        MICROBIAL_BIOTECHNOLOGY = 'Microbial Biotechnology', _('Microbial Biotechnology')
-        PLANT_SCIENCES = 'Plant Sciences', _('Plant Sciences')
-        PROTEOMICS = 'Proteomics', _('Proteomics')
-        FEDERATED_HUMAN_DATA = 'Federated Human Data', _('Federated Human Data')
-        HUMAN_COPY_NUMBER_VARIATION = 'Human Copy Number Variation', _('Human Copy Number Variation')
-        RARE_DISEASES = 'Rare Diseases', _('Rare Diseases')
-
     # name, description & homepage are mandatory
-    name = models.CharField(
-        max_length=255, choices=CommunityName.choices, unique=True, help_text="Name of the community, e.g. 'Galaxy'."
-    )
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=255, unique=True, help_text="Name of the community, e.g. 'Galaxy'.")
 
     description = models.TextField(help_text="Short description of the community.")
     homepage = models.URLField(max_length=255, help_text="Homepage of the community.")