diff --git a/LibGit2Sharp.Tests/RemoteFixture.cs b/LibGit2Sharp.Tests/RemoteFixture.cs
index ebe67591d..e684b2a25 100644
--- a/LibGit2Sharp.Tests/RemoteFixture.cs
+++ b/LibGit2Sharp.Tests/RemoteFixture.cs
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public void CanTellIfARemoteNameIsValid(string refname, bool expectedResult)
         {
             using (var repo = new Repository(BareTestRepoPath))
             {
-                Assert.Equal(expectedResult, repo.Network.Remotes.IsValidName(refname));
+                Assert.Equal(expectedResult, Remote.IsValidName(refname));
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/LibGit2Sharp/Remote.cs b/LibGit2Sharp/Remote.cs
index 4524e77aa..d86e44ebc 100644
--- a/LibGit2Sharp/Remote.cs
+++ b/LibGit2Sharp/Remote.cs
@@ -95,6 +95,16 @@ internal string FetchSpecTransformToSource(string reference)
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Determines if the proposed remote name is well-formed.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="name">The name to be checked.</param>
+        /// <returns>true is the name is valid; false otherwise.</returns>
+        public static bool IsValidName(string name)
+        {
+            return Proxy.git_remote_is_valid_name(name);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Determines whether the specified <see cref="Object"/> is equal to the current <see cref="Remote"/>.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/LibGit2Sharp/RemoteCollection.cs b/LibGit2Sharp/RemoteCollection.cs
index ca58c51d7..bd031eeba 100644
--- a/LibGit2Sharp/RemoteCollection.cs
+++ b/LibGit2Sharp/RemoteCollection.cs
@@ -131,9 +131,10 @@ public virtual Remote Add(string name, string url, string fetchRefSpec)
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="name">The name to be checked.</param>
         /// <returns>true is the name is valid; false otherwise.</returns>
+        [Obsolete("This method will be removed in the next release. Please use Remote.IsValidName(string) instead.")]
         public virtual bool IsValidName(string name)
         {
-            return Proxy.git_remote_is_valid_name(name);
+            return Remote.IsValidName(name);
         }
 
         private string DebuggerDisplay