diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index abf287298b2..2e81bd10e0c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 - Reduce excessive CPU usage when serializing breadcrumbs to disk for ANRs ([#4181](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/4181))
 - Ensure app start type is set, even when ActivityLifecycleIntegration is not running ([#4250](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/4250))
 
+### Behavioral Changes
+
+- The user's `device.name` is not reported anymore via the device context, even if `options.isSendDefaultPii` is enabled ([#4179](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/4179))
+
 ### Dependencies
 
 - Bump Gradle from v8.12.1 to v8.13.0 ([#4209](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/4209))
diff --git a/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/AnrV2EventProcessor.java b/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/AnrV2EventProcessor.java
index d3c6bd31119..ada10a38f52 100644
--- a/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/AnrV2EventProcessor.java
+++ b/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/AnrV2EventProcessor.java
@@ -639,9 +639,6 @@ private void setDevice(final @NotNull SentryBaseEvent event) {
   @SuppressLint("NewApi")
   private @NotNull Device getDevice() {
     Device device = new Device();
-    if (options.isSendDefaultPii()) {
-      device.setName(ContextUtils.getDeviceName(context));
-    }
     device.setManufacturer(Build.MANUFACTURER);
     device.setBrand(Build.BRAND);
     device.setFamily(ContextUtils.getFamily(options.getLogger()));
diff --git a/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/ContextUtils.java b/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/ContextUtils.java
index 5dcd901a917..e945df2aa9c 100644
--- a/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/ContextUtils.java
+++ b/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/ContextUtils.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 import android.content.pm.PackageInfo;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.os.Build;
-import android.provider.Settings;
 import android.util.DisplayMetrics;
 import io.sentry.ILogger;
 import io.sentry.SentryLevel;
@@ -90,10 +89,6 @@ private ContextUtils() {}
   // to avoid doing a bunch of Binder calls we use LazyEvaluator to cache the values that are static
   // during the app process running
 
-  private static final @NotNull AndroidLazyEvaluator<String> deviceName =
-      new AndroidLazyEvaluator<>(
-          (context) -> Settings.Global.getString(context.getContentResolver(), "device_name"));
-
   private static final @NotNull LazyEvaluator<Boolean> isForegroundImportance =
       new LazyEvaluator<>(
           () -> {
@@ -403,10 +398,6 @@ public static boolean isForegroundImportance() {
     }
   }
 
-  static @Nullable String getDeviceName(final @NotNull Context context) {
-    return deviceName.getValue(context);
-  }
-
   static @NotNull String[] getArchitectures() {
     return Build.SUPPORTED_ABIS;
   }
@@ -521,7 +512,6 @@ public static Context getApplicationContext(final @NotNull Context context) {
 
   @TestOnly
   static void resetInstance() {
-    deviceName.resetValue();
     isForegroundImportance.resetValue();
     staticPackageInfo33.resetValue();
     staticPackageInfo.resetValue();
diff --git a/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/DeviceInfoUtil.java b/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/DeviceInfoUtil.java
index 3fa131285ec..b2b4c2cdc8a 100644
--- a/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/DeviceInfoUtil.java
+++ b/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/DeviceInfoUtil.java
@@ -101,10 +101,6 @@ public Device collectDeviceInformation(
       final boolean collectDeviceIO, final boolean collectDynamicData) {
     // TODO: missing usable memory
     final @NotNull Device device = new Device();
-
-    if (options.isSendDefaultPii()) {
-      device.setName(ContextUtils.getDeviceName(context));
-    }
     device.setManufacturer(Build.MANUFACTURER);
     device.setBrand(Build.BRAND);
     device.setFamily(ContextUtils.getFamily(options.getLogger()));
diff --git a/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/DeviceInfoUtilTest.kt b/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/DeviceInfoUtilTest.kt
index c01da4b6e73..d54d6ecdef7 100644
--- a/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/DeviceInfoUtilTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/DeviceInfoUtilTest.kt
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package io.sentry.android.core
 import android.content.Context
 import android.content.Intent
 import android.os.BatteryManager
-import android.provider.Settings
 import androidx.test.core.app.ApplicationProvider
 import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4
 import io.sentry.android.core.internal.util.CpuInfoUtils
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ class DeviceInfoUtilTest {
                 75
             ).putExtra(BatteryManager.EXTRA_PLUGGED, 0)
         )
-        Settings.Global.putString(context.contentResolver, "device_name", "sentry")
         DeviceInfoUtil.resetInstance()
     }
 
@@ -51,30 +49,6 @@ class DeviceInfoUtilTest {
         assertNotNull(deviceInfo.memorySize)
     }
 
-    @Test
-    fun `does not include device name when PII is disabled`() {
-        val deviceInfoUtil = DeviceInfoUtil.getInstance(
-            context,
-            SentryAndroidOptions().apply {
-                isSendDefaultPii = false
-            }
-        )
-        val deviceInfo = deviceInfoUtil.collectDeviceInformation(false, false)
-        assertNull(deviceInfo.name)
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    fun `does include device name when pii is enabled`() {
-        val deviceInfoUtil = DeviceInfoUtil.getInstance(
-            context,
-            SentryAndroidOptions().apply {
-                isSendDefaultPii = true
-            }
-        )
-        val deviceInfo = deviceInfoUtil.collectDeviceInformation(false, false)
-        assertNotNull(deviceInfo.name)
-    }
-
     @Test
     fun `does include cpu data`() {
         CpuInfoUtils.getInstance().setCpuMaxFrequencies(listOf(1024))