diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 58073d52..cea7e8ae 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1703,12 +1703,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "ahash 0.7.6",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "heck"
-version = "0.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2540771e65fc8cb83cd6e8a237f70c319bd5c29f78ed1084ba5d50eeac86f7f9"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
 version = "0.1.19"
@@ -3265,7 +3259,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "flume",
  "futures 0.3.21",
- "heck",
  "hex",
  "once_cell",
  "openssl",
diff --git a/plume-common/Cargo.toml b/plume-common/Cargo.toml
index 52dbefdd..2e12a013 100644
--- a/plume-common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plume-common/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ edition = "2018"
 [dependencies]
 array_tool = "1.0"
 base64 = "0.13"
-heck = "0.4.0"
 hex = "0.4"
 openssl = "0.10.40"
 rocket = "0.4.6"
diff --git a/plume-common/src/utils.rs b/plume-common/src/utils.rs
index 17912a02..b4c3dce5 100644
--- a/plume-common/src/utils.rs
+++ b/plume-common/src/utils.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use heck::ToUpperCamelCase;
 use openssl::rand::rand_bytes;
 use pulldown_cmark::{html, CodeBlockKind, CowStr, Event, LinkType, Options, Parser, Tag};
 use regex_syntax::is_word_character;
@@ -16,14 +15,6 @@ pub fn random_hex() -> String {
         .fold(String::new(), |res, byte| format!("{}{:x}", res, byte))
 }
 
-/// Remove non alphanumeric characters and CamelCase a string
-pub fn make_actor_id(name: &str) -> String {
-    name.to_upper_camel_case()
-        .chars()
-        .filter(|c| c.is_alphanumeric())
-        .collect()
-}
-
 /**
  * Percent-encode characters which are not allowed in IRI path segments.
  *
diff --git a/plume-models/src/blogs.rs b/plume-models/src/blogs.rs
index ac20ee86..fb20be48 100644
--- a/plume-models/src/blogs.rs
+++ b/plume-models/src/blogs.rs
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ impl Blog {
     find_by!(blogs, find_by_ap_url, ap_url as &str);
     find_by!(blogs, find_by_name, actor_id as &str, instance_id as i32);
 
+    pub fn slug(title: &str) -> &str {
+        title
+    }
+
     pub fn get_instance(&self, conn: &Connection) -> Result<Instance> {
         Instance::get(conn, self.instance_id)
     }
diff --git a/src/routes/blogs.rs b/src/routes/blogs.rs
index 7359779a..b8f28959 100644
--- a/src/routes/blogs.rs
+++ b/src/routes/blogs.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ pub struct NewBlogForm {
 }
 
 fn valid_slug(title: &str) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
-    let slug = utils::make_actor_id(title);
+    let slug = Blog::slug(title);
     if slug.is_empty() {
         Err(ValidationError::new("empty_slug"))
     } else {
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ pub fn create(
     conn: DbConn,
     rockets: PlumeRocket,
 ) -> RespondOrRedirect {
-    let slug = utils::make_actor_id(&form.title);
+    let slug = Blog::slug(&form.title);
     let intl = &rockets.intl.catalog;
     let user = rockets.user.clone().unwrap();
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ pub fn create(
         Ok(_) => ValidationErrors::new(),
         Err(e) => e,
     };
-    if Blog::find_by_fqn(&conn, &slug).is_ok() {
+    if Blog::find_by_fqn(&conn, slug).is_ok() {
         errors.add(
             "title",
             ValidationError {
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ pub fn create(
     let blog = Blog::insert(
         &conn,
         NewBlog::new_local(
-            slug.clone(),
+            slug.into(),
             form.title.to_string(),
             String::from(""),
             Instance::get_local()
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ pub fn atom_feed(name: String, conn: DbConn) -> Option<Content<String>> {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+    use super::valid_slug;
     use crate::init_rocket;
     use diesel::Connection;
     use plume_common::utils::random_hex;
@@ -524,4 +525,10 @@ mod tests {
                 .finish(),
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_valid_slug() {
+        assert!(valid_slug("Blog Title").is_ok());
+        assert!(valid_slug("ブログ タイトル").is_ok());
+    }
 }