diff --git a/module/zcommon/zfs_namecheck.c b/module/zcommon/zfs_namecheck.c
index 0011a971ca..7ecce451b4 100644
--- a/module/zcommon/zfs_namecheck.c
+++ b/module/zcommon/zfs_namecheck.c
@@ -450,12 +450,6 @@ pool_namecheck(const char *pool, namecheck_err_t *why, char *what)
 		return (-1);
 	}
 
-	if (pool[0] == 'c' && (pool[1] >= '0' && pool[1] <= '9')) {
-		if (why)
-			*why = NAME_ERR_DISKLIKE;
-		return (-1);
-	}
-
 	return (0);
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/pool_names/pool_names_002_neg.ksh b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/pool_names/pool_names_002_neg.ksh
index 0c96e1999e..0b40f7cd27 100755
--- a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/pool_names/pool_names_002_neg.ksh
+++ b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/pool_names/pool_names_002_neg.ksh
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ do
 done
 
 log_note "Verify invalid pool names fail"
-set -A POOLNAME "c0t0d0s0" "c0t0d0" "c0t0d19" "c0t50000E0108D279d0" \
+set -A POOLNAME \
     "mirror" "raidz" ",," ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,," \
     "2222222222222222222" "mirror_pool" "raidz_pool" \
     "mirror-pool" "raidz-pool" "spare" "spare_pool" \