diff --git a/flytectl/cmd/create/execution_util.go b/flytectl/cmd/create/execution_util.go
index 7ebb757a291..bcb5c5639f3 100644
--- a/flytectl/cmd/create/execution_util.go
+++ b/flytectl/cmd/create/execution_util.go
@@ -4,14 +4,12 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
-	"strings"
 
 	cmdCore "github.com/flyteorg/flyte/flytectl/cmd/core"
 	cmdGet "github.com/flyteorg/flyte/flytectl/cmd/get"
 	"github.com/flyteorg/flyte/flyteidl/gen/pb-go/flyteidl/admin"
 	"github.com/flyteorg/flyte/flyteidl/gen/pb-go/flyteidl/core"
 	"github.com/flyteorg/flyte/flytestdlib/logger"
-	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 )
 
@@ -149,9 +147,6 @@ func recoverExecution(ctx context.Context, executionName string, project string,
 
 func createExecutionRequest(ID *core.Identifier, inputs *core.LiteralMap, envs *admin.Envs, securityContext *core.SecurityContext, authRole *admin.AuthRole, targetExecName string, targetExecutionCluster string) *admin.ExecutionCreateRequest {
 
-	if len(targetExecName) == 0 {
-		targetExecName = "f" + strings.ReplaceAll(uuid.New().String(), "-", "")[:19]
-	}
 	var clusterAssignment *admin.ClusterAssignment
 	if executionConfig.ClusterPool != "" {
 		clusterAssignment = &admin.ClusterAssignment{ClusterPoolName: executionConfig.ClusterPool}
diff --git a/flytectl/go.mod b/flytectl/go.mod
index 9e4baeea63f..0298ad38f0d 100644
--- a/flytectl/go.mod
+++ b/flytectl/go.mod
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-ozzo/ozzo-validation/v4 v4.3.0
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3
 	github.com/google/go-github/v42 v42.0.0
-	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.3.0
 	github.com/hexops/gotextdiff v1.0.3
 	github.com/kataras/tablewriter v0.0.0-20180708051242-e063d29b7c23
@@ -102,6 +101,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/s2a-go v0.1.7 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/googleapis/enterprise-certificate-proxy v0.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.12.0 // indirect
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware v1.3.0 // indirect