diff --git a/crates/vm/src/builtins/property.rs b/crates/vm/src/builtins/property.rs
index cff5a8a60d0..65ae48222fa 100644
--- a/crates/vm/src/builtins/property.rs
+++ b/crates/vm/src/builtins/property.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*! Python `property` descriptor class.
 
 */
-use super::{PyStrRef, PyType};
+use super::PyType;
 use crate::common::lock::PyRwLock;
 use crate::function::{IntoFuncArgs, PosArgs};
 use crate::{
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ pub struct PropertyArgs {
     fdel: Option<PyObjectRef>,
     #[pyarg(any, default)]
     doc: Option<PyObjectRef>,
-    #[pyarg(any, default)]
-    name: Option<PyStrRef>,
 }
 
 impl GetDescriptor for PyProperty {
@@ -221,7 +219,6 @@ impl PyProperty {
             fset: new_setter.or_else(|| zelf.fset()),
             fdel: new_deleter.or_else(|| zelf.fdel()),
             doc,
-            name: None,
         };
 
         // Create new property using py_new and init
@@ -401,7 +398,6 @@ impl Initializer for PyProperty {
         *zelf.getter.write() = args.fget;
         *zelf.setter.write() = args.fset;
         *zelf.deleter.write() = args.fdel;
-        *zelf.name.write() = args.name.map(|a| a.as_object().to_owned());
         zelf.getter_doc.store(getter_doc, Ordering::Relaxed);
 
         Ok(())
diff --git a/extra_tests/snippets/builtin_property.py b/extra_tests/snippets/builtin_property.py
index de64e526228..397d41fb075 100644
--- a/extra_tests/snippets/builtin_property.py
+++ b/extra_tests/snippets/builtin_property.py
@@ -85,3 +85,10 @@ def foo(self):
 
 p2 = property("a", doc="pdoc")
 # assert p2.__doc__ == 'pdoc'
+
+
+# property() takes at most four arguments, and `name` is not one of them:
+# the name slot is filled by __set_name__ and the __name__ setter instead.
+assert_raises(TypeError, property, None, None, None, None, None)
+assert_raises(TypeError, property, "a", "b", "c", "d", "e")
+assert_raises(TypeError, property, name="x")