diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy-term.tpl.php b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy-term.tpl.php
index 07e1e47..712e83c 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy-term.tpl.php
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy-term.tpl.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  * Default theme implementation to display a term.
  *
  * Available variables:
- * - $name: the (sanitized) name of the term.
  * - $content: An array of items for the content of the term (fields and
  *   description). Use render($content) to print them all, or print a subset
  *   such as render($content['field_example']). Use
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
index aead43d..06bd40f 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
@@ -634,9 +634,6 @@ function template_preprocess_taxonomy_term(&$variables) {
   $variables['label'] = check_plain($term->label());
   $variables['page']      = $variables['view_mode'] == 'full' && taxonomy_term_is_page($term);
 
-  // Flatten the term object's member fields.
-  $variables = array_merge((array) $term, $variables);
-
   // Helpful $content variable for templates.
   $variables['content'] = array();
   foreach (element_children($variables['elements']) as $key) {