diff --git a/docs/resources.md b/docs/resources.md
index 4c9bdef4a3c..03e1b8d4355 100644
--- a/docs/resources.md
+++ b/docs/resources.md
@@ -552,8 +552,6 @@ cluster. The kubeconfig will be placed in
 
 The Cluster resource has the following parameters:
 
--   `name` (required): The name to be given to the target cluster, will be used
-    in the kubeconfig and also as part of the path to the kubeconfig file
 -   `url` (required): Host url of the master node
 -   `username` (required): the user with access to the cluster
 -   `password`: to be used for clusters with basic auth
@@ -687,8 +685,6 @@ spec:
   params:
     - name: url
       value: https://<ip address determined above>
-    - name: name
-      value: mycluster
   secrets:
     - fieldName: cadata
       secretName: cluster-ca-data
diff --git a/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/cluster_resource.go b/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/cluster_resource.go
index 8034d3e8964..bd379f6cc61 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/cluster_resource.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/cluster_resource.go
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ func NewClusterResource(kubeconfigWriterImage string, r *PipelineResource) (*Clu
 	clusterResource := ClusterResource{
 		Type:                  r.Spec.Type,
 		KubeconfigWriterImage: kubeconfigWriterImage,
+		Name:                  r.Name,
 	}
 	for _, param := range r.Spec.Params {
 		switch {
diff --git a/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/pipelineresource_validation.go b/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/pipelineresource_validation.go
index db18a1d3437..883fb050da4 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/pipelineresource_validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/pipelineresource_validation.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/pkg/apis/validate"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality"
 	"knative.dev/pkg/apis"
+	logging "knative.dev/pkg/logging"
 )
 
 var _ apis.Validatable = (*PipelineResource)(nil)
@@ -74,8 +75,9 @@ func (rs *PipelineResourceSpec) Validate(ctx context.Context) *apis.FieldError {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if !nameFound {
-			return apis.ErrMissingField("name param")
+		if nameFound {
+			logging.FromContext(ctx).Warn(
+				"The name parameter on the cluster resource is deprecated. Support will be removed in a future release")
 		}
 		// One auth method must be supplied
 		if !(authFound) {
diff --git a/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/pipelineresource_validation_test.go b/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/pipelineresource_validation_test.go
index 573a575166c..a8ff6bd2ecd 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/pipelineresource_validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/pipelineresource_validation_test.go
@@ -54,16 +54,6 @@ func TestResourceValidation_Invalid(t *testing.T) {
 			)),
 			want: apis.ErrMissingField("username or CAData  or token param"),
 		},
-		{
-			name: "cluster with missing name",
-			res: tb.PipelineResource("test-cluster-resource", "foo", tb.PipelineResourceSpec(
-				v1alpha1.PipelineResourceTypeCluster,
-				tb.PipelineResourceSpecParam("url", "http://10.10.10.10"),
-				tb.PipelineResourceSpecParam("cadata", "bXktY2x1c3Rlci1jZXJ0Cg"),
-				tb.PipelineResourceSpecParam("token", "my-token"),
-			)),
-			want: apis.ErrMissingField("name param"),
-		},
 		{
 			name: "cluster with missing cadata",
 			res: tb.PipelineResource("test-cluster-resource", "foo", tb.PipelineResourceSpec(