diff --git a/app/config/locales/templates/en.email.auth.invitation.tpl b/app/config/locales/templates/en.email.auth.invitation.tpl
index 5ea1f11891..a1bb1267c5 100644
--- a/app/config/locales/templates/en.email.auth.invitation.tpl
+++ b/app/config/locales/templates/en.email.auth.invitation.tpl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <p>
-  Hello {{name}},
+  Hello,
 </p>
 <p>
   This mail was sent to you because <b>{{owner}}</b> wanted to invite you to become a team member at the <b>{{team}}</b> team over at {{project}}.
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/teams.php b/app/controllers/api/teams.php
index 4fb67a0022..d41a713b86 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/teams.php
+++ b/app/controllers/api/teams.php
@@ -328,7 +328,6 @@ $utopia->post('/v1/teams/:teamId/memberships')
                 ->setParam('{{project}}', $project->getAttribute('name', ['[APP-NAME]']))
                 ->setParam('{{team}}', $team->getAttribute('name', '[TEAM-NAME]'))
                 ->setParam('{{owner}}', $user->getAttribute('name', ''))
-                ->setParam('{{name}}', $name)
                 ->setParam('{{redirect}}', $url)
             ;