diff --git a/hosting/forms.py b/hosting/forms.py
index 1bc99b8f..d98d258f 100644
--- a/hosting/forms.py
+++ b/hosting/forms.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from django.contrib.auth import authenticate
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 from membership.models import CustomUser
-from utils.hosting_utils import get_all_public_keys
 from .models import UserHostingKey, GenericProduct
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -193,15 +192,6 @@ class UserHostingKeyForm(forms.ModelForm):
         KEY_ERROR_MESSAGE = _("Please input a proper SSH key")
         openssh_pubkey_str = self.data.get('public_key').strip()
 
-        if openssh_pubkey_str in get_all_public_keys(self.request.user):
-            key_name = UserHostingKey.objects.filter(
-                user_id=self.request.user.id,
-                public_key=openssh_pubkey_str).first().name
-            KEY_EXISTS_MESSAGE = _(
-                "This key exists already with the name \"%(name)s\"") % {
-                                     'name': key_name}
-            raise forms.ValidationError(KEY_EXISTS_MESSAGE)
-
         with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=True) as tmp_public_key_file:
             tmp_public_key_file.write(openssh_pubkey_str.encode('utf-8'))
             tmp_public_key_file.flush()
diff --git a/utils/hosting_utils.py b/utils/hosting_utils.py
index ec97a320..b3c47e6e 100644
--- a/utils/hosting_utils.py
+++ b/utils/hosting_utils.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def get_all_public_keys(customer):
     :return: A list of public keys
     """
     return UserHostingKey.objects.filter(user_id=customer.id).values_list(
-        "public_key", flat=True)
+        "public_key", flat=True).distinct()
 
 
 def get_or_create_vm_detail(user, manager, vm_id):