diff --git a/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp b/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
index f4d404444..25145101a 100644
--- a/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
+++ b/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
@@ -635,22 +635,13 @@ Path Session::downloadPath() const
 
 bool Session::isValidCategoryName(const QString &name)
 {
-    const QRegularExpression re(uR"(^([^\\\/]|[^\\\/]([^\\\/]|\/(?=[^\/]))*[^\\\/])$)"_qs);
-    if (!name.isEmpty() && (name.indexOf(re) != 0))
-    {
-        qDebug() << "Incorrect category name:" << name;
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return true;
+    const QRegularExpression re {uR"(^([^\\\/]|[^\\\/]([^\\\/]|\/(?=[^\/]))*[^\\\/])$)"_qs};
+    return (name.isEmpty() || (name.indexOf(re) == 0));
 }
 
 QStringList Session::expandCategory(const QString &category)
 {
     QStringList result;
-    if (!isValidCategoryName(category))
-        return result;
-
     int index = 0;
     while ((index = category.indexOf(u'/', index)) >= 0)
     {
diff --git a/src/base/bittorrent/torrentimpl.cpp b/src/base/bittorrent/torrentimpl.cpp
index 2d6201747..6a2d1dcd4 100644
--- a/src/base/bittorrent/torrentimpl.cpp
+++ b/src/base/bittorrent/torrentimpl.cpp
@@ -717,15 +717,13 @@ QString TorrentImpl::category() const
 
 bool TorrentImpl::belongsToCategory(const QString &category) const
 {
-    if (m_category.isEmpty()) return category.isEmpty();
-    if (!Session::isValidCategoryName(category)) return false;
+    if (m_category.isEmpty())
+        return category.isEmpty();
 
-    if (m_category == category) return true;
-
-    if (m_session->isSubcategoriesEnabled() && m_category.startsWith(category + u'/'))
+    if (m_category == category)
         return true;
 
-    return false;
+    return (m_session->isSubcategoriesEnabled() && m_category.startsWith(category + u'/'));
 }
 
 TagSet TorrentImpl::tags() const