diff --git a/src/west/manifest.py b/src/west/manifest.py
index 2806bcf..bebd28e 100644
--- a/src/west/manifest.py
+++ b/src/west/manifest.py
@@ -901,8 +901,6 @@ class Manifest:
 
         for name, project in all_imported.items():
             if _is_imap_ok(project, imap):
-                if name in imap.rename:
-                    project.name = imap.rename[name]
                 self._add_project(project, projects)
 
     def _load_imap(self, project, imp):
@@ -915,8 +913,7 @@ class Manifest:
                           copy.pop('name-whitelist', []),
                           copy.pop('path-whitelist', []),
                           copy.pop('name-blacklist', []),
-                          copy.pop('path-blacklist', []),
-                          copy.pop('rename', {}))
+                          copy.pop('path-blacklist', []))
 
         # Find a useful name for the project on error.
         if isinstance(project, ManifestProject):
@@ -940,15 +937,6 @@ class Manifest:
         elif not _is_imap_list(ret.path_blacklist):
             self._malformed(f'{what}: bad import path-blacklist '
                             f'{ret.path_blacklist}')
-        elif not isinstance(ret.rename, dict):
-            self._malformed(f'{what}: rename: {ret.rename} '
-                            f'expected a map, {type(ret.rename)}')
-        else:
-            err = f"{what}: import map's rename includes "
-            for f, t in ret.rename.items():
-                if 'manifest' in [f, t]:
-                    self._malformed(err + f'{f}: {t}; '
-                                    '"manifest" is a reserved name')
 
         return ret
 
@@ -1441,8 +1429,7 @@ _defaults = collections.namedtuple('_defaults', 'remote revision')
 _import_map = collections.namedtuple('_import_map',
                                      'file '
                                      'name_whitelist path_whitelist '
-                                     'name_blacklist path_blacklist '
-                                     'rename')
+                                     'name_blacklist path_blacklist')
 _YML_EXTS = ['yml', 'yaml']
 _WEST_YML = 'west.yml'
 _SCHEMA_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "manifest-schema.yml")
diff --git a/tests/test_manifest.py b/tests/test_manifest.py
index dfb126e..63f396f 100644
--- a/tests/test_manifest.py
+++ b/tests/test_manifest.py
@@ -1935,7 +1935,7 @@ def test_import_flags_ignore(tmpdir):
     ''', import_flags=ImportFlag.IGNORE)
     assert m.get_projects(['foo'])
 
-def test_import_name_whitelist(fs_topdir):
+def test_import_map_name_whitelist(fs_topdir):
     # This tests an example from the documentation which uses
     # name-whitelist.
 
@@ -1948,11 +1948,9 @@ def test_import_name_whitelist(fs_topdir):
               url: https://git.example.com/mainline/manifest
               import:
                 name-whitelist:
-                  - app
+                  - mainline-app
                   - lib2
-                rename:
-                  app: mainline-app
-            - name: app
+            - name: downstream-app
               url: https://git.example.com/downstream/app
             - name: lib3
               path: libraries/lib3
@@ -1969,7 +1967,7 @@ def test_import_name_whitelist(fs_topdir):
                       '''
                       manifest:
                         projects:
-                          - name: app
+                          - name: mainline-app
                             path: examples/app
                             url: https://git.example.com/mainline/app
                           - name: lib
@@ -1985,19 +1983,19 @@ def test_import_name_whitelist(fs_topdir):
 
     expected = M('''\
     projects:
-       - name: mainline
-         url: https://git.example.com/mainline/manifest
-       - name: app
-         url: https://git.example.com/downstream/app
-       - name: lib3
-         path: libraries/lib3
-         url: https://git.example.com/downstream/lib3
-       - name: mainline-app
-         path: examples/app
-         url: https://git.example.com/mainline/app
-       - name: lib2
-         path: libraries/lib2
-         url: https://git.example.com/mainline/lib2
+      - name: mainline
+        url: https://git.example.com/mainline/manifest
+      - name: downstream-app
+        url: https://git.example.com/downstream/app
+      - name: lib3
+        path: libraries/lib3
+        url: https://git.example.com/downstream/lib3
+      - name: mainline-app
+        path: examples/app
+        url: https://git.example.com/mainline/app
+      - name: lib2
+        path: libraries/lib2
+        url: https://git.example.com/mainline/lib2
     ''',
                  manifest_path='mp',
                  topdir=fs_topdir).projects