diff --git a/frontend/src/screens/CreateProfileModal.tsx b/frontend/src/screens/CreateProfileModal.tsx
index 30347d7..7c259e5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/screens/CreateProfileModal.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/screens/CreateProfileModal.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ interface CreateProfileModalProps {
   onClose: () => void;
 }
 
-type Phase = 'choice' | 'pair-label' | 'pairing' | 'paired' | 'local' | 'creating' | 'success';
+type Phase = 'choice' | 'pairing' | 'paired' | 'local' | 'creating' | 'success';
 
 export function CreateProfileModal({ open, onClose }: CreateProfileModalProps) {
   const { state, createProfile, nip46PairStart, nip46Status, nip46Disconnect, refresh } = useApp();
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export function CreateProfileModal({ open, onClose }: CreateProfileModalProps) {
 
   // Let the local-form input take focus once that step mounts.
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (phase === 'local' || phase === 'pair-label') {
+    if (phase === 'local') {
       const frame = requestAnimationFrame(() => inputRef.current?.focus());
       return () => cancelAnimationFrame(frame);
     }
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ export function CreateProfileModal({ open, onClose }: CreateProfileModalProps) {
   const startPairing = async () => {
     setError(null);
     try {
+      // No user-typed label: the profile is named automatically. The
+      // backend fetches the account's kind-0 after the handshake and
+      // upgrades this seed label to the account's real display name
+      // (adopt_identity background enrichment); a nameless account keeps
+      // 'Amber', which beats a manual step the user must fight with a
+      // backspace key (Sep 25 feedback).
       const status = await nip46PairStart(label.trim() || 'Amber');
       if (status.pairing_uri) setLivePairingUri(status.pairing_uri);
       setPhase('pairing');
@@ -170,13 +176,7 @@ export function CreateProfileModal({ open, onClose }: CreateProfileModalProps) {
         </div>
         {error && <ErrorText id={errorId}>{error}</ErrorText>}
         <div style={{ display: 'grid', gap: 12 }}>
-          <Button
-            variant="primary"
-            onClick={() => {
-              if (!label.trim()) setLabel('Amber');
-              setPhase('pair-label');
-            }}
-          >
+          <Button variant="primary" onClick={() => void startPairing()}>
             <Icon name="key" size={16} />
             Sign in with a signer app (Amber)
           </Button>
@@ -196,51 +196,6 @@ export function CreateProfileModal({ open, onClose }: CreateProfileModalProps) {
     );
   }
 
-  if (phase === 'pair-label') {
-    return (
-      <Modal open={open} title="Sign in with a signer" onClose={handleClose}>
-        <form
-          onSubmit={(event) => {
-            event.preventDefault();
-            void startPairing();
-          }}
-          noValidate
-        >
-          <div className="create-explainer">
-            <p>
-              Name this connection so you can tell it apart later — the profile it creates gets this
-              name, and Amber will show it when asking you to approve signatures.
-            </p>
-          </div>
-          <div className="field">
-            <label htmlFor="pair-label-input">Connection name</label>
-            <input
-              ref={inputRef}
-              id="pair-label-input"
-              type="text"
-              value={label}
-              onChange={(event) => setLabel(event.target.value)}
-              placeholder="e.g. Amber"
-              maxLength={60}
-              aria-describedby={error ? errorId : undefined}
-              aria-invalid={error ? true : undefined}
-              autoComplete="off"
-            />
-            {error && <ErrorText id={errorId}>{error}</ErrorText>}
-          </div>
-          <div className="modal-actions">
-            <Button variant="ghost" onClick={() => setPhase('choice')}>
-              Back
-            </Button>
-            <Button variant="primary" type="submit" disabled={!canSubmit}>
-              Show QR code
-            </Button>
-          </div>
-        </form>
-      </Modal>
-    );
-  }
-
   if (phase === 'pairing') {
     return (
       <Modal open={open} title="Sign in with Amber" onClose={handleClose}>
diff --git a/frontend/src/test/CreateProfileModal.test.tsx b/frontend/src/test/CreateProfileModal.test.tsx
index 98b11f6..da456cb 100644
--- a/frontend/src/test/CreateProfileModal.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/test/CreateProfileModal.test.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ vi.mock('qrcode', () => ({
 
 async function startPairingFlow(user: ReturnType<typeof userEvent.setup>) {
   await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /Sign in with a signer app \(Amber\)/ }));
-  await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Show QR code' }));
 }
 
 describe('CreateProfileModal', () => {
@@ -93,17 +92,14 @@ describe('CreateProfileModal', () => {
     renderWithApp(<CreateProfileModal open onClose={vi.fn()} />);
 
     const user = userEvent.setup();
+    // No label step (Sep 25 feedback: typing/fighting a prefilled name was
+    // friction). One click mints the QR with the 'Amber' seed label; the
+    // backend upgrades it to the account's real kind-0 display name.
     await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /Sign in with a signer app \(Amber\)/ }));
-    // The label step comes first and is prefilled so Enter just works.
-    const nameInput = await screen.findByLabelText('Connection name');
-    expect(nameInput).toHaveValue('Amber');
-    await user.clear(nameInput);
-    await user.type(nameInput, 'My Phone');
-    await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Show QR code' }));
 
     expect(await screen.findByText(/Waiting for the signer to scan/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
     const start = backend.requests.find((r) => r.method === 'nip46_pair_start');
-    expect(start?.params.label).toBe('My Phone');
+    expect(start?.params.label).toBe('Amber');
     expect(await screen.findByAltText('Pairing QR code')).toBeInTheDocument();
   });