diff --git a/app/javascript/src/javascripts/artists.js b/app/javascript/src/javascripts/artists.js
deleted file mode 100644
index fd5f41336..000000000
--- a/app/javascript/src/javascripts/artists.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-let Artist = {};
-
-Artist.initialize_all = function() {
-  if ($("#c-artists").length) {
-    Artist.initialize_check_name();
-  }
-}
-
-Artist.initialize_check_name = function() {
-  $("#artist_name").on("keyup.danbooru", function(e) {
-    if ($("#artist_name").val().length > 0) {
-      $("#check-name-result").html("");
-
-      $.getJSON("/artists?search[name]=" + escape($("#artist_name").val()), function(artists) {
-        if (artists.length === 0) {
-          $.getJSON("/wiki_pages/" + escape($("#artist_name").val()), function(wiki_pages) {
-            if (wiki_pages !== null) {
-              $("#check-name-result").html("<a href='/wiki_pages/" + escape($("#artist_name").val()) + "'>A wiki page with this name already exists</a>. You must either move the wiki page or pick another artist name.")
-            }
-          });
-        } else {
-          $("#check-name-result").html("An artist with this name already exists.")
-        }
-      });
-    }
-  });
-}
-
-$(document).ready(function() {
-  Artist.initialize_all();
-});
-
-export default Artist
diff --git a/app/views/artists/_form.html.erb b/app/views/artists/_form.html.erb
index 931ac2d19..c9d8c4376 100644
--- a/app/views/artists/_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/artists/_form.html.erb
@@ -1,19 +1,12 @@
 <%= simple_form_for(@artist) do |f| %>
-  <div class="input">
-    <label for="artist_name">Name</label>
-    <% if @artist.new_record? %>
-      <%= text_field "artist", "name" %>
-      <span id="check-name-result"></span>
+  <% if @artist.new_record? %>
+    <%= f.input :name, input_html: { data: { autocomplete: "tag" } } %>
+  <% elsif CurrentUser.user.is_builder? %>
+    <%= f.input :name, input_html: { data: { autocomplete: "tag" } }, hint: "Change to rename this artist entry and its wiki page" %>
+  <% else %>
+    <p><%= @artist.name %></p>
+  <% end %>
 
-    <% elsif CurrentUser.user.is_builder? %>
-      <%= text_field "artist", "name" %>
-      <span id="check-name-result"></span>
-      <span class="hint">Change to rename this artist entry and its wiki page</span>
-
-    <% else %>
-      <p><%= @artist.name %></p>
-    <% end %>
-  </div>
   <%= f.input :other_names_string, label: "Other names", as: :text, hint: '<b style="color: red;">NEW</b> Separate names with spaces, not commas. Use underscores for spaces inside names.'.html_safe %>
   <%= f.input :group_name %>
   <%= f.input :url_string, :label => "URLs", :as => :text, :input_html => {:size => "50x5", :value => params.dig(:artist, :url_string) || @artist.urls.join("\n")}, :hint => "You can prefix a URL with - to mark it as dead." %>