diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.admin.inc b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.admin.inc
index 86d8d45..70917ba 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.admin.inc
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.admin.inc
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ function taxonomy_form_term($form, &$form_state, Term $term = NULL, Vocabulary $
   $form['name'] = array(
     '#type' => 'textfield',
     '#title' => t('Name'),
-    '#default_value' => $term->label(),
+    '#default_value' => $term->name,
     '#maxlength' => 255,
     '#required' => TRUE,
     '#weight' => -5,
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ function taxonomy_form_term_submit_build_taxonomy_term($form, &$form_state) {
   entity_form_submit_build_entity('taxonomy_term', $term, $form, $form_state);
 
   // Prevent leading and trailing spaces in term names.
-  $term->name = trim($term->label());
+  $term->name = trim($term->name);
 
   // Convert text_format field into values expected by taxonomy_term_save().
   $description = $form_state['values']['description'];
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ function taxonomy_term_confirm_delete($form, &$form_state, Term $term) {
   $form['#term'] = $term;
   $form['#vocabulary'] = taxonomy_vocabulary_load($term->vid);;
   $form['type'] = array('#type' => 'value', '#value' => 'term');
-  $form['name'] = array('#type' => 'value', '#value' => $term->label());
+  $form['name'] = array('#type' => 'value', '#value' => $term->name);
   $form['vocabulary_machine_name'] = array('#type' => 'value', '#value' => $term->vocabulary_machine_name);
   $form['delete'] = array('#type' => 'value', '#value' => TRUE);
   return confirm_form($form,
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
index f71eadc..a2b053b 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ function template_preprocess_taxonomy_term(&$variables) {
 
   $uri = entity_uri('taxonomy_term', $term);
   $variables['term_url']  = url($uri['path'], $uri['options']);
-  $variables['term_name'] = check_plain($term->label());
+  $variables['term_name'] = check_plain($term->name);
   $variables['page']      = $variables['view_mode'] == 'full' && taxonomy_term_is_page($term);
 
   // Flatten the term object's member fields.