diff --git a/src/database/mod.rs b/src/database/mod.rs
index 8e6ca4b2..2f54cc6f 100644
--- a/src/database/mod.rs
+++ b/src/database/mod.rs
@@ -117,15 +117,7 @@ impl Database {
         let mut doc = MetadataDocument::default();
 
         for plugin in self.masterlist.plugins_iter() {
-            let Ok(mut minimal_plugin) = PluginMetadata::new(plugin.name()) else {
-                // This should never happen because the regex plugin name from
-                // an existing PluginMetadata object should be valid.
-                logging::error!(
-                    "Unexpectedly encountered a regex error trying to create a PluginMetadata object with the name {}",
-                    plugin.name()
-                );
-                continue;
-            };
+            let mut minimal_plugin = PluginMetadata::with_same_name(plugin);
             minimal_plugin.set_tags(plugin.tags().to_vec());
             minimal_plugin.set_dirty_info(plugin.dirty_info().to_vec());
 
diff --git a/src/metadata/plugin_metadata.rs b/src/metadata/plugin_metadata.rs
index 02f57bc3..ddf68724 100644
--- a/src/metadata/plugin_metadata.rs
+++ b/src/metadata/plugin_metadata.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ impl PluginMetadata {
         })
     }
 
+    pub(crate) fn with_same_name(metadata: &PluginMetadata) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            name: metadata.name.clone(),
+            ..Default::default()
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Get the plugin name.
     pub fn name(&self) -> &str {
         self.name.as_str()