diff --git a/src/fireedge/src/client/components/Forms/VmTemplate/CreateForm/Steps/index.js b/src/fireedge/src/client/components/Forms/VmTemplate/CreateForm/Steps/index.js
index e6dd5fd0b9..9375aeb340 100644
--- a/src/fireedge/src/client/components/Forms/VmTemplate/CreateForm/Steps/index.js
+++ b/src/fireedge/src/client/components/Forms/VmTemplate/CreateForm/Steps/index.js
@@ -151,6 +151,10 @@ const Steps = createSteps([General, ExtraConfiguration, CustomVariables], {
         extraTemplate.CPU_MODEL.FEATURES.join(', ')
     }
 
+    ;['NIC', 'NIC_ALIAS'].forEach((nicKey) =>
+      extraTemplate?.[nicKey]?.forEach((NIC) => delete NIC?.NAME)
+    )
+
     return jsonToXml({
       ...customVariables,
       ...extraTemplate,
diff --git a/src/fireedge/src/client/components/Forms/VmTemplate/InstantiateForm/Steps/index.js b/src/fireedge/src/client/components/Forms/VmTemplate/InstantiateForm/Steps/index.js
index 2d25407c28..214336bb8c 100644
--- a/src/fireedge/src/client/components/Forms/VmTemplate/InstantiateForm/Steps/index.js
+++ b/src/fireedge/src/client/components/Forms/VmTemplate/InstantiateForm/Steps/index.js
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ const Steps = createSteps(
           ...vmTemplate?.TEMPLATE?.OS,
           ...extraTemplate?.OS,
         })
+      ;['NIC', 'NIC_ALIAS'].forEach((nicKey) =>
+        extraTemplate?.[nicKey]?.forEach((NIC) => delete NIC?.NAME)
+      )
 
       // merge with template disks to get TYPE attribute
       const templateXML = jsonToXml({