diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/Metadata/SAMLBuilder.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/Metadata/SAMLBuilder.php
index b14a26f3064f0536e8a590a3e2182cb532f70b11..5376fee2442ebc74cf593accbf68c3033ee8f2f6 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/Metadata/SAMLBuilder.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/Metadata/SAMLBuilder.php
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ class SAMLBuilder
 
         foreach ($metadata->getArray('contacts', []) as $contact) {
             if (array_key_exists('contactType', $contact) && array_key_exists('emailAddress', $contact)) {
-                $this->addContact($contact['contactType'], Utils\Config\Metadata::getContact($contact));
+                $this->addContact(Utils\Config\Metadata::getContact($contact));
             }
         }
     }
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ class SAMLBuilder
 
         foreach ($metadata->getArray('contacts', []) as $contact) {
             if (array_key_exists('contactType', $contact) && array_key_exists('emailAddress', $contact)) {
-                $this->addContact($contact['contactType'], Utils\Config\Metadata::getContact($contact));
+                $this->addContact(Utils\Config\Metadata::getContact($contact));
             }
         }
     }
@@ -623,23 +623,15 @@ class SAMLBuilder
     /**
      * Add contact information.
      *
-     * Accepts a contact type, and a contact array that must be previously sanitized.
+     * Accepts a contact type, and a contact array that must be previously sanitized
+     * by calling Utils\Config\Metadata::getContact().
      *
-     * WARNING: This function will change its signature and no longer parse a 'name' element.
-     *
-     * @param string $type The type of contact. Deprecated.
      * @param array  $details The details about the contact.
-     *
-     * @todo Change the signature to remove $type.
-     * @todo Remove the capability to pass a name and parse it inside the method.
      */
-    public function addContact(string $type, array $details): void
+    public function addContact(array $details): void
     {
         Assert::oneOf($type, ['technical', 'support', 'administrative', 'billing', 'other']);
 
-        // TODO: remove this check as soon as getContact() is called always before calling this function
-        $details = Utils\Config\Metadata::getContact($details);
-
         $e = new \SAML2\XML\md\ContactPerson();
         $e->setContactType($type);
 
diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/Utils/Config/Metadata.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/Utils/Config/Metadata.php
index 938eacf1e6ca7a8191156dab1c85c5825a3c88e1..25e5f171dbcbd9319bd972fe8bcdb9788fcc9fb8 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/Utils/Config/Metadata.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/Utils/Config/Metadata.php
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ class Metadata
      * - contactType     The type of the contact (as string). Mandatory.
      * - emailAddress    Email address (as string), or array of email addresses. Optional.
      * - telephoneNumber Telephone number of contact (as string), or array of telephone numbers. Optional.
-     * - name            Full name of contact, either as <GivenName> <SurName>, or as <SurName>, <GivenName>. Optional.
      * - surName         Surname of contact (as string). Optional.
      * - givenName       Given name of contact (as string). Optional.
      * - company         Company name of contact (as string). Optional.
@@ -84,22 +83,11 @@ class Metadata
      * - billing
      * - other
      *
-     * If given a "name" it will try to decompose it into its given name and surname, only if neither givenName nor
-     * surName are present. It works as follows:
-     * - "surname1 surname2, given_name1 given_name2"
-     *      givenName: "given_name1 given_name2"
-     *      surname: "surname1 surname2"
-     * - "given_name surname"
-     *      givenName: "given_name"
-     *      surname: "surname"
-     *
      * otherwise it will just return the name as "givenName" in the resulting array.
      *
      * @param array|null $contact The contact to parse and sanitize.
      *
-     * @return array An array holding valid contact configuration options. If a key 'name' was part of the input array,
-     * it will try to decompose the name into its parts, and place the parts into givenName and surName, if those are
-     * missing.
+     * @return array An array holding valid contact configuration options.
      * @throws \InvalidArgumentException If $contact is neither an array nor null, or the contact does not conform to
      *     valid configuration rules for contacts.
      */
@@ -131,26 +119,6 @@ class Metadata
             }
         }
 
-        // try to fill in givenName and surName from name
-        if (isset($contact['name']) && !isset($contact['givenName']) && !isset($contact['surName'])) {
-            // first check if it's comma separated
-            $names = explode(',', $contact['name'], 2);
-            if (count($names) === 2) {
-                $contact['surName'] = preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', trim($names[0]));
-                $contact['givenName'] = preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', trim($names[1]));
-            } else {
-                // check if it's in "given name surname" format
-                $names = explode(' ', preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', trim($contact['name'])));
-                if (count($names) === 2) {
-                    $contact['givenName'] = preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', trim($names[0]));
-                    $contact['surName'] = preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', trim($names[1]));
-                } else {
-                    // nothing works, return it as given name
-                    $contact['givenName'] = preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', trim($contact['name']));
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
         // check givenName
         if (
             isset($contact['givenName'])
diff --git a/modules/admin/lib/Controller/Federation.php b/modules/admin/lib/Controller/Federation.php
index ffb6568bb57fae1fbf847bdd81972fa1527bda2d..81bb898ac5229f8e1b58c1f80f88cb17a0b171d2 100644
--- a/modules/admin/lib/Controller/Federation.php
+++ b/modules/admin/lib/Controller/Federation.php
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ class Federation
                     $builder->addOrganizationInfo($entity['metadata_array']);
                     if (isset($entity['metadata_array']['contacts'])) {
                         foreach ($entity['metadata_array']['contacts'] as $contact) {
-                            $builder->addContact($contact['contactType'], $contact);
+                            $builder->addContact(Utils\Config\Metadata::getContact($contact));
                         }
                     }