diff --git a/api/v1beta2/tags.go b/api/v1beta2/tags.go
index 829dd514c6..b5e868c3a6 100644
--- a/api/v1beta2/tags.go
+++ b/api/v1beta2/tags.go
@@ -243,12 +243,6 @@ func (b BuildParams) WithCloudProvider(name string) BuildParams {
 // Build builds tags including the cluster tag and returns them in map form.
 func Build(params BuildParams) Tags {
 	tags := make(Tags)
-
-	// Add the name tag first so that it can be overwritten by a user-provided tag in the `Additional` tags.
-	if params.Name != nil {
-		tags["Name"] = *params.Name
-	}
-
 	for k, v := range params.Additional {
 		tags[k] = v
 	}
@@ -260,5 +254,9 @@ func Build(params BuildParams) Tags {
 		tags[NameAWSClusterAPIRole] = *params.Role
 	}
 
+	if params.Name != nil {
+		tags["Name"] = *params.Name
+	}
+
 	return tags
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cloud/services/network/subnets.go b/pkg/cloud/services/network/subnets.go
index 84766c4289..61aa8bcb5a 100644
--- a/pkg/cloud/services/network/subnets.go
+++ b/pkg/cloud/services/network/subnets.go
@@ -554,17 +554,12 @@ func (s *Service) getSubnetTagParams(unmanagedVPC bool, id string, public bool,
 			additionalTags[k] = v
 		}
 
-		// Prefer `Name` tag if given, else generate a name
 		var name strings.Builder
-		if manualTagName, ok := manualTags["Name"]; ok {
-			name.WriteString(manualTagName)
-		} else {
-			name.WriteString(s.scope.Name())
-			name.WriteString("-subnet-")
-			name.WriteString(role)
-			name.WriteString("-")
-			name.WriteString(zone)
-		}
+		name.WriteString(s.scope.Name())
+		name.WriteString("-subnet-")
+		name.WriteString(role)
+		name.WriteString("-")
+		name.WriteString(zone)
 
 		return infrav1.BuildParams{
 			ClusterName: s.scope.Name(),
diff --git a/pkg/cloud/services/network/subnets_test.go b/pkg/cloud/services/network/subnets_test.go
index f7c02d4359..a423c7a71f 100644
--- a/pkg/cloud/services/network/subnets_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloud/services/network/subnets_test.go
@@ -1920,138 +1920,6 @@ func TestReconcileSubnets(t *testing.T) {
 					Return(nil, nil)
 			},
 		},
-		{
-			name: "Managed VPC, existing public subnet, 2 subnets in spec, should create 1 subnet, custom Name tag",
-			input: NewClusterScope().WithNetwork(&infrav1.NetworkSpec{
-				VPC: infrav1.VPCSpec{
-					ID: subnetsVPCID,
-					Tags: infrav1.Tags{
-						infrav1.ClusterTagKey("test-cluster"): "owned",
-					},
-				},
-				Subnets: []infrav1.SubnetSpec{
-					{
-						ID:               "subnet-1",
-						AvailabilityZone: "us-east-1a",
-						CidrBlock:        "10.0.0.0/17",
-						IsPublic:         true,
-					},
-					{
-						AvailabilityZone: "us-east-1a",
-						CidrBlock:        "10.0.128.0/17",
-						IsPublic:         false,
-						Tags:             map[string]string{"Name": "custom-sub"},
-					},
-				},
-			}),
-			expect: func(m *mocks.MockEC2APIMockRecorder) {
-				m.DescribeSubnetsWithContext(context.TODO(), gomock.Eq(&ec2.DescribeSubnetsInput{
-					Filters: []*ec2.Filter{
-						{
-							Name:   aws.String("state"),
-							Values: []*string{aws.String("pending"), aws.String("available")},
-						},
-						{
-							Name:   aws.String("vpc-id"),
-							Values: []*string{aws.String(subnetsVPCID)},
-						},
-					},
-				})).
-					Return(&ec2.DescribeSubnetsOutput{
-						Subnets: []*ec2.Subnet{
-							{
-								VpcId:            aws.String(subnetsVPCID),
-								SubnetId:         aws.String("subnet-1"),
-								AvailabilityZone: aws.String("us-east-1a"),
-								CidrBlock:        aws.String("10.0.0.0/17"),
-								Tags: []*ec2.Tag{
-									{
-										Key:   aws.String("sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-provider-aws/cluster/test-cluster"),
-										Value: aws.String("owned"),
-									},
-									{
-										Key:   aws.String("sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-provider-aws/role"),
-										Value: aws.String("public"),
-									},
-									{
-										Key:   aws.String("Name"),
-										Value: aws.String("test-cluster-subnet-public"),
-									},
-									{
-										Key:   aws.String("kubernetes.io/cluster/test-cluster"),
-										Value: aws.String("shared"),
-									},
-								},
-							},
-						},
-					}, nil)
-
-				m.DescribeRouteTablesWithContext(context.TODO(), gomock.AssignableToTypeOf(&ec2.DescribeRouteTablesInput{})).
-					Return(&ec2.DescribeRouteTablesOutput{}, nil)
-
-				m.DescribeNatGatewaysPagesWithContext(context.TODO(),
-					gomock.Eq(&ec2.DescribeNatGatewaysInput{
-						Filter: []*ec2.Filter{
-							{
-								Name:   aws.String("vpc-id"),
-								Values: []*string{aws.String(subnetsVPCID)},
-							},
-							{
-								Name:   aws.String("state"),
-								Values: []*string{aws.String("pending"), aws.String("available")},
-							},
-						},
-					}),
-					gomock.Any()).Return(nil)
-
-				m.CreateSubnetWithContext(context.TODO(), gomock.Eq(&ec2.CreateSubnetInput{
-					VpcId:            aws.String(subnetsVPCID),
-					CidrBlock:        aws.String("10.0.128.0/17"),
-					AvailabilityZone: aws.String("us-east-1a"),
-					TagSpecifications: []*ec2.TagSpecification{
-						{
-							ResourceType: aws.String("subnet"),
-							Tags: []*ec2.Tag{
-								{
-									Key:   aws.String("Name"),
-									Value: aws.String("custom-sub"), // must use the provided `Name` tag, not generate a name
-								},
-								{
-									Key:   aws.String("kubernetes.io/cluster/test-cluster"),
-									Value: aws.String("shared"),
-								},
-								{
-									Key:   aws.String("kubernetes.io/role/internal-elb"),
-									Value: aws.String("1"),
-								},
-								{
-									Key:   aws.String("sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-provider-aws/cluster/test-cluster"),
-									Value: aws.String("owned"),
-								},
-								{
-									Key:   aws.String("sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-provider-aws/role"),
-									Value: aws.String("private"),
-								},
-							},
-						},
-					},
-				})).
-					Return(&ec2.CreateSubnetOutput{
-						Subnet: &ec2.Subnet{
-							VpcId:            aws.String(subnetsVPCID),
-							SubnetId:         aws.String("subnet-2"),
-							CidrBlock:        aws.String("10.0.128.0/17"),
-							AvailabilityZone: aws.String("us-east-1a"),
-						},
-					}, nil)
-
-				m.WaitUntilSubnetAvailableWithContext(context.TODO(), gomock.Any())
-
-				// Public subnet
-				m.CreateTagsWithContext(context.TODO(), gomock.AssignableToTypeOf(&ec2.CreateTagsInput{})).
-					Return(nil, nil)
-			},
-		},
 		{
 			name: "With ManagedControlPlaneScope, Managed VPC, no existing subnets exist, two az's, expect two private and two public from default, created with tag including eksClusterName not a name of Cluster resource",
 			input: NewManagedControlPlaneScope().