diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/PluginDescriptionFile.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/PluginDescriptionFile.java
index 4acc7129..8e42311a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/PluginDescriptionFile.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/PluginDescriptionFile.java
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public final class PluginDescriptionFile {
         try {
             name = map.get("name").toString();
 
-            if (!name.matches("^[A-Za-z0-9()\\[\\]{}_.-]+$")) {
+            if (!name.matches("^[A-Za-z0-9_.-]+$")) {
                 throw new InvalidDescriptionException("name '" + name +  "' contains invalid characters.");
             }
         } catch (NullPointerException ex) {