diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_n_a_m_e.py b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_n_a_m_e.py
index d5be5ca7a..9558addbb 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_n_a_m_e.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_n_a_m_e.py
@@ -311,16 +311,6 @@ class table__n_a_m_e(DefaultTable.DefaultTable):
 			if nameID is not None:
 				return nameID
 			nameID = self._findUnusedNameID()
-
-			nameID_win = self.findMultilingualName(names, windows=True, mac=False)
-			nameID_mac = self.findMultilingualName(names, windows=False, mac=True)
-			if nameID_win and nameID_mac is None:
-				nameID = nameID_win
-				windows = False
-			if nameID_mac and nameID_win is None:
-				nameID = nameID_mac
-				mac = False
-
 		# TODO: Should minimize BCP 47 language codes.
 		# https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/issues/930
 		for lang, name in sorted(names.items()):
diff --git a/Tests/otlLib/builder_test.py b/Tests/otlLib/builder_test.py
index 3d891dd94..877229a55 100644
--- a/Tests/otlLib/builder_test.py
+++ b/Tests/otlLib/builder_test.py
@@ -1462,15 +1462,16 @@ def test_buildStatTable_name_duplicates():
 
     builder.buildStatTable(font_obj, AXES, windowsNames=True, macNames=True)
     actual_names = [x.string for x in font_obj["name"].names]
-    expected_names = ['Weight', 'Weight',
-                      'ExtraLight', 'ExtraLight',
-                      'Light', 'Light',
-                      'Regular', 'Regular',
-                      'Medium', 'Medium',
-                      'Bold', 'Bold',
-                      'ExtraBold', 'ExtraBold',
-                      'Black', 'Black']
-    # Multiple name records were added by buildStatTable
+    expected_names = ['Weight', 'Weight', 'Weight',
+                      'ExtraLight', 'ExtraLight', 'ExtraLight',
+                      'Light', 'Light', 'Light',
+                      'Regular', 'Regular', 'Regular',
+                      'Medium', 'Medium', 'Medium',
+                      'Bold', 'Bold', 'Bold',
+                      'ExtraBold', 'ExtraBold', 'ExtraBold',
+                      'Black', 'Black', 'Black']
+    # Because there is an inconsistency in the names add new name IDs
+    # for each platform -> windowsNames=True, macNames=True
     assert sorted(expected_names) == sorted(actual_names)
 
 
diff --git a/Tests/ttLib/tables/_n_a_m_e_test.py b/Tests/ttLib/tables/_n_a_m_e_test.py
index 268870a6b..e1e971351 100644
--- a/Tests/ttLib/tables/_n_a_m_e_test.py
+++ b/Tests/ttLib/tables/_n_a_m_e_test.py
@@ -317,11 +317,24 @@ class NameTableTest(unittest.TestCase):
 		font_obj["name"].names = []
 
 		font_obj["name"].setName('Weight', 270, 3, 1, 0x409)
+		font_obj["name"].setName('Weight', 270, 1, 0, 0)
 		names = {'en': 'Weight', }
 		nameID = font_obj["name"].addMultilingualName(names, minNameID=256)
-
 		self.assertEqual(270, nameID)
 
+		font_obj["name"].removeNames(nameID=270, platformID=1)  # remove Mac name
+		nameID = font_obj["name"].addMultilingualName(names, minNameID=256)
+		# Because there is an inconsistency in the names add a new name ID
+		self.assertEqual(271, nameID)
+
+		font_obj["name"].removeNames(platformID=3)  # remove all Windows names
+		font_obj["name"].removeNames(platformID=1)  # remove all Mac names
+		nameID = font_obj["name"].addMultilingualName(names, minNameID=256)
+		#Because there is no name ID with the name 'Weight',
+		# take the next available name ID -> minNameID=256
+		self.assertEqual(256, nameID)
+
+
 
 	def test_decompile_badOffset(self):
                 # https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/issues/525