diff --git a/app/extend/application.js b/app/extend/application.js
index 74edfc15d4..7d6b673843 100644
--- a/app/extend/application.js
+++ b/app/extend/application.js
@@ -53,16 +53,6 @@ module.exports = {
     return context;
   },
 
-  /**
-   * X-Powered-By Header
-   * @member {String} Application#poweredBy
-   * @private
-   * @since 1.0.0
-   */
-  get poweredBy() {
-    return this.config.core.name;
-  },
-
   /**
    * Service 基类
    * @member {Service} Application#Service
diff --git a/app/middleware/meta.js b/app/middleware/meta.js
index 62f0956f67..a83a9de653 100644
--- a/app/middleware/meta.js
+++ b/app/middleware/meta.js
@@ -4,14 +4,9 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-module.exports = (_, app) => {
-  const poweredBy = typeof app.poweredBy === 'string' ? app.poweredBy : null;
-
+module.exports = () => {
   return function* meta(next) {
-    if (poweredBy) this.setRawHeader('X-Powered-By', poweredBy);
-
     yield next;
-
     // total response time header
     this.setRawHeader('X-Readtime', Date.now() - this.starttime);
   };
diff --git a/config/config.default.js b/config/config.default.js
index 6dca687261..9a089671cf 100644
--- a/config/config.default.js
+++ b/config/config.default.js
@@ -69,15 +69,6 @@ module.exports = appInfo => {
     rundir: path.join(appInfo.baseDir, 'run'),
   };
 
-  /**
-   * Framework name
-   * @member {Object} Config#core
-   * @property {String} name - 'Egg' by default
-   */
-  exports.core = {
-    name: 'Egg',
-  };
-
   /**
    * notfound 中间件 options
    *
diff --git a/lib/egg.js b/lib/egg.js
index b597ecf5a6..9b63fb4c9d 100644
--- a/lib/egg.js
+++ b/lib/egg.js
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ class EggApplication extends EggCore {
    *   name: 'mockapp',
    *   env: 'test',
    *   subdomainOffset: 2,
-   *   poweredBy: 'egg/1.0.0',
    *   config: '<egg config>',
    *   controller: '<egg controller>',
    *   service: '<egg service>',
@@ -90,7 +89,6 @@ class EggApplication extends EggCore {
       'baseDir',
       'env',
       'subdomainOffset',
-      'poweredBy',
     ]);
 
     abbr(res, this, [
diff --git a/test/lib/core/app/extend/application.test.js b/test/lib/core/app/extend/application.test.js
index 59bc7781df..c984bdfeb1 100644
--- a/test/lib/core/app/extend/application.test.js
+++ b/test/lib/core/app/extend/application.test.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ describe('test/lib/core/app/extend/application.test.js', () => {
       app.ready(() => {
         app.inspect().should.have.properties([
           'name', 'baseDir',
-          'env', 'subdomainOffset', 'poweredBy',
+          'env', 'subdomainOffset',
           'controller', 'middlewares', 'serviceClasses',
           'config', 'urllib', 'loggers',
         ]);
diff --git a/test/lib/core/app/middleware/meta.test.js b/test/lib/core/app/middleware/meta.test.js
index b3e73aec6b..c92102b848 100644
--- a/test/lib/core/app/middleware/meta.test.js
+++ b/test/lib/core/app/middleware/meta.test.js
@@ -15,20 +15,6 @@ describe('test/lib/core/app/middleware/meta.test.js', () => {
 
   afterEach(mm.restore);
 
-  it('should get X-Powered-By header', () => {
-    return request(app.callback())
-      .get('/')
-      .expect('X-Powered-By', 'Egg')
-      .expect(200);
-  });
-
-  it('should still get X-Powered-By header when controller error', () => {
-    return request(app.callback())
-      .get('/error')
-      .expect('X-Powered-By', 'Egg')
-      .expect(500);
-  });
-
   it('should get X-Readtime header', () => {
     return request(app.callback())
       .get('/')
diff --git a/test/lib/core/config/config.test.js b/test/lib/core/config/config.test.js
index 91eb27cd85..7c8910f5fa 100644
--- a/test/lib/core/config/config.test.js
+++ b/test/lib/core/config/config.test.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ describe('test/lib/core/config/config.test.js', () => {
 
   afterEach(mm.restore);
 
-  it('should return config.core.name that is deprecated', () => {
-    app.config.core.name.should.equal('Egg');
+  it('should return config.name', () => {
+    app.config.name.should.equal('demo');
   });
 });