diff --git a/lib/datasource/pypi/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap b/lib/datasource/pypi/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
index a3bccdc7c17b80cce2d46620f45f539564ae1c40..85506ec22fa6ec80b949d906b6f3edfff7b25c43 100644
--- a/lib/datasource/pypi/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/lib/datasource/pypi/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
@@ -490,21 +490,6 @@ Array [
 ]
 `;
 
-exports[`datasource/pypi/index getReleases returns null if mismatched name 1`] = `
-Array [
-  Object {
-    "headers": Object {
-      "accept": "application/json",
-      "accept-encoding": "gzip, deflate, br",
-      "host": "pypi.org",
-      "user-agent": "RenovateBot/0.0.0-semantic-release (https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate)",
-    },
-    "method": "GET",
-    "url": "https://pypi.org/pypi/something/json",
-  },
-]
-`;
-
 exports[`datasource/pypi/index getReleases supports custom datasource url 1`] = `
 Array [
   Object {
diff --git a/lib/datasource/pypi/index.spec.ts b/lib/datasource/pypi/index.spec.ts
index 7cf65b23ebaed9e59bd5b5314039cadad94a6abd..c335b49217a3fe9698a45850ce234d4e231c6688 100644
--- a/lib/datasource/pypi/index.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/datasource/pypi/index.spec.ts
@@ -172,24 +172,6 @@ describe('datasource/pypi/index', () => {
       expect(result.changelogUrl).toBe(info.project_urls.changelog);
       expect(httpMock.getTrace()).toMatchSnapshot();
     });
-    it('returns null if mismatched name', async () => {
-      httpMock
-        .scope(baseUrl)
-        .get('/something/json')
-        .reply(200, {
-          info: {
-            name: 'something-else',
-            home_page: 'https://microsoft.com',
-          },
-        });
-      expect(
-        await getPkgReleases({
-          datasource,
-          depName: 'something',
-        })
-      ).toBeNull();
-      expect(httpMock.getTrace()).toMatchSnapshot();
-    });
 
     it('respects constraints', async () => {
       httpMock
diff --git a/lib/datasource/pypi/index.ts b/lib/datasource/pypi/index.ts
index 1adf3aa937343a0ba13e7fd1056b9d0f727e4d42..ba15c473f938eb410eb5e62b1df45e6a5fb12f45 100644
--- a/lib/datasource/pypi/index.ts
+++ b/lib/datasource/pypi/index.ts
@@ -65,10 +65,6 @@ export class PypiDatasource extends Datasource {
     return dependency;
   }
 
-  private static normalizeName(input: string): string {
-    return input.toLowerCase().replace(regEx(/(-|\.)/g), '_');
-  }
-
   private async getDependency(
     packageName: string,
     hostUrl: string
@@ -86,19 +82,6 @@ export class PypiDatasource extends Datasource {
       dependency.isPrivate = true;
     }
     logger.trace({ lookupUrl }, 'Got pypi api result');
-    if (
-      !(
-        dep.info &&
-        PypiDatasource.normalizeName(dep.info.name) ===
-          PypiDatasource.normalizeName(packageName)
-      )
-    ) {
-      logger.warn(
-        { lookupUrl, lookupName: packageName, returnedName: dep.info.name },
-        'Returned name does not match with requested name'
-      );
-      return null;
-    }
 
     if (dep.info?.home_page) {
       dependency.homepage = dep.info.home_page;