diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/onboarding/CalendarsStep.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/onboarding/CalendarsStep.kt
index 3f31211..d3abe64 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/onboarding/CalendarsStep.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/onboarding/CalendarsStep.kt
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ internal fun CalendarsStep(
     navigationIcon: (@Composable () -> Unit)? = null,
 ) {
     val context = LocalContext.current
-    val localName = stringResource(R.string.onboarding_calendars_local_name)
     // The same editor Settings opens, rather than a calendar conjured out of
     // nowhere: "create a calendar" should let you name and colour it, and the
     // step is the first place anyone meets one.
@@ -60,7 +59,9 @@ internal fun CalendarsStep(
         CalendarEditor(
             sessionKey = 0,
             isNew = true,
-            initialName = localName,
+            // Empty, not a suggestion: a name already in the field reads as one
+            // the app has chosen, and the first thing to do is clear it.
+            initialName = "",
             initialColor = CalendarColorPalette.all.first(),
             initialDescription = "",
             onSave = { name, color, description ->
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 72ef9b6..3461603 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -300,7 +300,6 @@
     <string name="onboarding_backup_benefit_daily_body">Calendula exports your local calendars in the background. Change how often in Settings.</string>
     <string name="onboarding_calendars_title">Somewhere to put your events</string>
     <string name="onboarding_calendars_body">This device has no calendar yet. Calendula writes to the calendars already on your phone — it needs at least one.</string>
-    <string name="onboarding_calendars_local_name">My calendar</string>
     <string name="onboarding_calendars_local_button">Create a calendar on this device</string>
     <string name="onboarding_calendars_caldav_button">Sync with a CalDAV server</string>
     <string name="onboarding_calendars_skip_button">Not now</string>