diff --git a/libcloud/compute/drivers/cloudstack.py b/libcloud/compute/drivers/cloudstack.py
index c7f63e8..cd0cc3e 100644
--- a/libcloud/compute/drivers/cloudstack.py
+++ b/libcloud/compute/drivers/cloudstack.py
@@ -700,9 +700,6 @@ class CloudStackNodeDriver(CloudStackDriverMixIn, NodeDriver):
                                         the node
         :type       ex_security_groups: ``list`` of ``str``
 
-        :keyword    ex_displayname: String containing instance display name
-        :type       ex_displayname: ``str``
-
         :rtype:     :class:`.CloudStackNode`
         """
 
@@ -730,17 +727,10 @@ class CloudStackNodeDriver(CloudStackDriverMixIn, NodeDriver):
         ex_key_name = kwargs.get('ex_keyname', None)
         ex_user_data = kwargs.get('ex_userdata', None)
         ex_security_groups = kwargs.get('ex_security_groups', None)
-        ex_displayname = kwargs.get('ex_displayname', None)
 
         if name:
             server_params['name'] = name
 
-        if name is None:
-            del server_params['name']
-
-        if ex_displayname:
-            server_params['displayname'] = ex_displayname
-
         if size:
             server_params['serviceofferingid'] = size.id