diff --git a/packaging/wheel/relocate.py b/packaging/wheel/relocate.py
index 98b75643a9d..4587f3798da 100644
--- a/packaging/wheel/relocate.py
+++ b/packaging/wheel/relocate.py
@@ -337,8 +337,6 @@ def patch_linux():
             if osp.exists(osp.join(output_library, binary)):
                 relocate_elf_library(patchelf, output_dir, output_library, binary)
 
-        # make sure wheel name is compatible with manylinux_2_28
-        wheel_name = wheel_name.replace("linux_", "manylinux_2_28_")
         compress_wheel(output_dir, wheel, wheel_dir, wheel_name)