diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d688993b..45f6fba1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 ### 0.9.18-dev
 
+* The `lobster-codebeamer` tool now allows items without summary
+
 * The `lobster-codebeamer` tool now uses codebeamer api v3.
   Please note that the api v3 returns the value "Unset" for a codebeamer
   item status if the status is actually empty. The api v1 did not return
@@ -11,10 +13,6 @@
   resulting lobster file will now contain "Unset" as status information,
   too, instead of `Null`.
 
-### 0.9.18-dev
-
-
-
 ### 0.9.17
 
 * The `lobster-python` tool now adds the line number to the function
diff --git a/lobster/tools/codebeamer/codebeamer.py b/lobster/tools/codebeamer/codebeamer.py
index a7e49f0b..3d1e4e5c 100755
--- a/lobster/tools/codebeamer/codebeamer.py
+++ b/lobster/tools/codebeamer/codebeamer.py
@@ -193,9 +193,6 @@ def to_lobster(cb_config, cb_item):
         text      = None,
         status    = status)
 
-    if "name" not in cb_item:
-        req.error("Item lacks a summary text")
-
     return req