diff --git a/cmd/hauler/cli/store/create_manifest.go b/cmd/hauler/cli/store/create_manifest.go
index 2457b50..0905ad8 100644
--- a/cmd/hauler/cli/store/create_manifest.go
+++ b/cmd/hauler/cli/store/create_manifest.go
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func CreateManifestCmd(ctx context.Context, o *flags.CreateManifestOpts, s *stor
 		return fmt.Errorf("store contains no content to build a manifest from")
 	}
 
-	base := sanitizeName(filepath.Base(s.Root))
+	base := filepath.Base(s.Root)
 
 	output := o.Output
 	if output == "" {
@@ -287,23 +287,3 @@ func decodeOriginalChartRef(v string) (repoURL string, total string) {
 	}
 	return repoURL, total
 }
-
-// sanitizeName lowercases s and replaces any character outside [a-z0-9-] with '-' so
-// the result is safe to use as a Kubernetes-style object name.
-func sanitizeName(s string) string {
-	s = strings.ToLower(s)
-	var b strings.Builder
-	for _, r := range s {
-		switch {
-		case r >= 'a' && r <= 'z', r >= '0' && r <= '9', r == '-':
-			b.WriteRune(r)
-		default:
-			b.WriteRune('-')
-		}
-	}
-	out := strings.Trim(b.String(), "-")
-	if out == "" {
-		return "store"
-	}
-	return out
-}
diff --git a/cmd/hauler/cli/store/create_manifest_test.go b/cmd/hauler/cli/store/create_manifest_test.go
index 46f9211..1201c66 100644
--- a/cmd/hauler/cli/store/create_manifest_test.go
+++ b/cmd/hauler/cli/store/create_manifest_test.go
@@ -327,28 +327,6 @@ func TestCreateManifestCmd_MixedContent(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestSanitizeName(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name string
-		in   string
-		want string
-	}{
-		{name: "already valid", in: "my-store", want: "my-store"},
-		{name: "uppercase lowered", in: "MyStore", want: "mystore"},
-		{name: "spaces and dots replaced", in: "my store.v1", want: "my-store-v1"},
-		{name: "leading and trailing separators trimmed", in: "--store--", want: "store"},
-		{name: "empty string falls back to store", in: "", want: "store"},
-		{name: "entirely invalid falls back to store", in: "***", want: "store"},
-	}
-	for _, tc := range tests {
-		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			if got := sanitizeName(tc.in); got != tc.want {
-				t.Errorf("sanitizeName(%q) = %q, want %q", tc.in, got, tc.want)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
 func TestDecodeOriginalChartRef(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name        string