diff --git a/components/testing_framework/Resources/Core/Acceptance/Fixtures/be_sessions.xml b/components/testing_framework/Resources/Core/Acceptance/Fixtures/be_sessions.xml
index ea0ce289e0a6d994bcecc3561db29152cab90c30..e744814920190ede6e20540846cc6287baa7af3c 100644
--- a/components/testing_framework/Resources/Core/Acceptance/Fixtures/be_sessions.xml
+++ b/components/testing_framework/Resources/Core/Acceptance/Fixtures/be_sessions.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 <dataset>
 	<be_sessions>
 		<ses_id>886526ce72b86870739cc41991144ec1</ses_id>
-		<ses_name>be_typo_user</ses_name>
 		<ses_iplock>[DISABLED]</ses_iplock>
 		<ses_userid>1</ses_userid>
 		<ses_tstamp>1777777777</ses_tstamp>
@@ -11,7 +10,6 @@
 	</be_sessions>
 	<be_sessions>
 		<ses_id>ff83dfd81e20b34c27d3e97771a4525a</ses_id>
-		<ses_name>be_typo_user</ses_name>
 		<ses_iplock>[DISABLED]</ses_iplock>
 		<ses_userid>2</ses_userid>
 		<ses_tstamp>1777777777</ses_tstamp>
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Authentication/AbstractUserAuthentication.php b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Authentication/AbstractUserAuthentication.php
index 5812b3b0280d7d3c9fa78e6aeddfbe06c804d0a7..af392b8ab9858b74806686f28f46f4a04ce71f98 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Authentication/AbstractUserAuthentication.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Authentication/AbstractUserAuthentication.php
@@ -942,7 +942,6 @@ abstract class AbstractUserAuthentication
 
         return [
             'ses_id' => $this->id,
-            'ses_name' => $this->name,
             'ses_iplock' => $sessionIpLock,
             'ses_userid' => $tempuser[$this->userid_column] ?? 0,
             'ses_tstamp' => $GLOBALS['EXEC_TIME'],
@@ -998,7 +997,7 @@ abstract class AbstractUserAuthentication
                 $sessionUpdateGracePeriod = 61;
                 if (!$skipSessionUpdate && $GLOBALS['EXEC_TIME'] > ($userRecord['ses_tstamp'] + $sessionUpdateGracePeriod)) {
                     // Update the session timestamp by writing a dummy update. (Backend will update the timestamp)
-                    $updatesSession = $this->getSessionBackend()->update($this->id, ['ses_name' => $userRecord['ses_name']]);
+                    $updatesSession = $this->getSessionBackend()->update($this->id, []);
                     $userRecord = array_merge($userRecord, $updatesSession);
                 }
             } else {
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Tests/Functional/Session/Backend/DatabaseSessionBackendTest.php b/typo3/sysext/core/Tests/Functional/Session/Backend/DatabaseSessionBackendTest.php
index b8fb26165344850d7f9944a99f2e8e01dbe104a2..423316dd1332fd30f4ba6d68d6175f16e2e9b09b 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/core/Tests/Functional/Session/Backend/DatabaseSessionBackendTest.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Tests/Functional/Session/Backend/DatabaseSessionBackendTest.php
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ class DatabaseSessionBackendTest extends FunctionalTestCase
      */
     protected $testSessionRecord = [
         'ses_id' => 'randomSessionId',
-        'ses_name' => 'session_name',
         'ses_userid' => 1,
         // serialize(['foo' => 'bar', 'boo' => 'far'])
         'ses_data' => 'a:2:{s:3:"foo";s:3:"bar";s:3:"boo";s:3:"far";}',
@@ -234,11 +233,11 @@ class DatabaseSessionBackendTest extends FunctionalTestCase
     {
         $updatedRecord = array_merge(
             $this->testSessionRecord,
-            ['ses_name' => 'newSessionName', 'ses_tstamp' => $GLOBALS['EXEC_TIME']]
+            ['ses_tstamp' => $GLOBALS['EXEC_TIME']]
         );
         $sessionId = 'randomSessionId';
         $this->subject->set($sessionId, $this->testSessionRecord);
-        $this->subject->update($sessionId, ['ses_name' => 'newSessionName']);
+        $this->subject->update($sessionId, []);
         $this->assertArraySubset($updatedRecord, $this->subject->get($sessionId));
     }
 }
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Tests/Functional/Session/Backend/RedisSessionBackendTest.php b/typo3/sysext/core/Tests/Functional/Session/Backend/RedisSessionBackendTest.php
index 4a83ba7407f6ddb2d803588c7e635d923aa0a1c6..721acf0efe60220714496b740cc970a5906297df 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/core/Tests/Functional/Session/Backend/RedisSessionBackendTest.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Tests/Functional/Session/Backend/RedisSessionBackendTest.php
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ class RedisSessionBackendTest extends FunctionalTestCase
      */
     protected $testSessionRecord = [
         'ses_id' => 'randomSessionId',
-        'ses_name' => 'session_name',
         'ses_userid' => 1,
         // serialize(['foo' => 'bar', 'boo' => 'far'])
         'ses_data' => 'a:2:{s:3:"foo";s:3:"bar";s:3:"boo";s:3:"far";}',
@@ -264,11 +263,11 @@ class RedisSessionBackendTest extends FunctionalTestCase
     {
         $updatedRecord = array_merge(
             $this->testSessionRecord,
-            ['ses_name' => 'newSessionName', 'ses_tstamp' => $GLOBALS['EXEC_TIME']]
+            ['ses_tstamp' => $GLOBALS['EXEC_TIME']]
         );
         $sessionId = 'randomSessionId';
         $this->subject->set($sessionId, $this->testSessionRecord);
-        $this->subject->update($sessionId, ['ses_name' => 'newSessionName']);
+        $this->subject->update($sessionId, []);
         $this->assertArraySubset($updatedRecord, $this->subject->get($sessionId));
     }
 }
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/ext_tables.sql b/typo3/sysext/core/ext_tables.sql
index 8319c9b8f426447f7767a3f16981293db159c6fd..cfe5f81f25df4c452fac03705f4453a3656060cd 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/core/ext_tables.sql
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/ext_tables.sql
@@ -37,13 +37,12 @@ CREATE TABLE be_groups (
 #
 CREATE TABLE be_sessions (
 	ses_id varchar(32) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
-	ses_name varchar(100) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
 	ses_iplock varchar(39) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
 	ses_userid int(11) unsigned DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
 	ses_tstamp int(11) unsigned DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
 	ses_data longblob,
 	ses_backuserid int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
-	PRIMARY KEY (ses_id,ses_name),
+	PRIMARY KEY (ses_id),
 	KEY ses_tstamp (ses_tstamp)
 );
 
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/frontend/Tests/Unit/Authentication/FrontendUserAuthenticationTest.php b/typo3/sysext/frontend/Tests/Unit/Authentication/FrontendUserAuthenticationTest.php
index b0032bbc064827c316b81e7af23187bb71b11df6..f72d749c5bc85c837ce58284c01d982b52819b45 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/frontend/Tests/Unit/Authentication/FrontendUserAuthenticationTest.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/frontend/Tests/Unit/Authentication/FrontendUserAuthenticationTest.php
@@ -233,7 +233,6 @@ class FrontendUserAuthenticationTest extends UnitTestCase
             'newSessionId',
             [
                 'ses_id' => 'newSessionId',
-                'ses_name' => 'fe_typo_user',
                 'ses_iplock' => '',
                 'ses_userid' => 0,
                 'ses_tstamp' => $currentTime,
@@ -290,7 +289,6 @@ class FrontendUserAuthenticationTest extends UnitTestCase
             [
                 'ses_id' => $uniqueSessionId,
                 'ses_userid' => 1,
-                'ses_name' => 'fe_typo_user',
                 'ses_iplock' => '[DISABLED]',
                 'ses_tstamp' => $currentTime,
                 'ses_data' => serialize(['foo' => 'bar']),
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/frontend/ext_tables.sql b/typo3/sysext/frontend/ext_tables.sql
index df809c119a0c1ee8255bb1eb204ff24e53674158..594207cf1613340fcc6e20b5147a271ed24abaca 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/frontend/ext_tables.sql
+++ b/typo3/sysext/frontend/ext_tables.sql
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ CREATE TABLE fe_groups (
 #
 CREATE TABLE fe_sessions (
 	ses_id varchar(32) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
-	ses_name varchar(100) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
 	ses_iplock varchar(39) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
 	ses_userid int(11) unsigned DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
 	ses_tstamp int(11) unsigned DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ CREATE TABLE fe_sessions (
 	ses_permanent tinyint(1) unsigned DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
 	ses_anonymous tinyint(1) unsigned DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
 
-	PRIMARY KEY (ses_id,ses_name),
+	PRIMARY KEY (ses_id),
 	KEY ses_tstamp (ses_tstamp)
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB;