diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index f3f938301..2d5c9aafa 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ class Project < ApplicationRecord
   validates :name,
             length: { minimum: Constants::NAME_MIN_LENGTH,
                       maximum: Constants::NAME_MAX_LENGTH },
-            uniqueness: { scope: :team, case_sensitive: false,
-                          message: I18n.t('projects.create.name_taken') }
+            uniqueness: { scope: :team, case_sensitive: false }
   validates :visibility, presence: true
   validates :team, presence: true
 
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 8d579a80c..44c1b26dd 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ en:
       email_already_taken: "SciNote account with email %{email} alreday exists"
       failed_to_save: "Failed to create new user"
 
+  activerecord:
+    errors:
+      models:
+        project:
+          attributes:
+            name:
+              taken: "This project name has to be unique inside a team (this includes the archive)."
   helpers:
     label:
       team:
@@ -268,7 +275,6 @@ en:
         contact_admins: "To invite additional users to team %{team}, contact its administrator/s."
     create:
       success_flash: "Project <strong>%{name}</strong> successfully created."
-      name_taken: "This project name has to be unique inside a team (this includes the archive)."
     update:
       success_flash: "Project <strong>%{name}</strong> successfully updated."
       error_flash: "Project <strong>%{name}</strong> not updated."