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diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/experiments/ExperimentView/components.tsx b/frontend/src/scenes/experiments/ExperimentView/components.tsx
index 476ea2fa613fe..71e6c7f35dd25 100644
--- a/frontend/src/scenes/experiments/ExperimentView/components.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/experiments/ExperimentView/components.tsx
@@ -360,7 +360,6 @@ export function PageHeaderCustom(): JSX.Element {
         launchExperiment,
         endExperiment,
         archiveExperiment,
-        setEditExperiment,
         loadExperimentResults,
         loadSecondaryMetricResults,
         createExposureCohort,
@@ -374,9 +373,6 @@ export function PageHeaderCustom(): JSX.Element {
                 <>
                     {experiment && !isExperimentRunning && (
                         <div className="flex items-center">
-                            <LemonButton type="secondary" className="mr-2" onClick={() => setEditExperiment(true)}>
-                                Edit
-                            </LemonButton>
                             <LemonButton
                                 type="primary"
                                 data-attr="launch-experiment"
diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/experiments/experimentLogic.tsx b/frontend/src/scenes/experiments/experimentLogic.tsx
index 2049d6cbce2d8..09b6597176fc8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/scenes/experiments/experimentLogic.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/experiments/experimentLogic.tsx
@@ -889,8 +889,12 @@ export const experimentLogic = kea<experimentLogicType>([
                 },
                 {
                     key: [Scene.Experiment, experimentId],
-                    name: experiment?.name || 'New',
-                    path: urls.experiment(experimentId || 'new'),
+                    name: experiment?.name || '',
+                    onRename: async (name: string) => {
+                        // :KLUDGE: work around a type error when using asyncActions accessed via a callback passed to selectors()
+                        const logic = experimentLogic({ experimentId })
+                        await logic.asyncActions.updateExperiment({ name })
+                    },
                 },
             ],
         ],