diff --git a/src/main/java/water/exec/ASTOp.java b/src/main/java/water/exec/ASTOp.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/main/java/water/exec/ASTOp.java
+++ b/src/main/java/water/exec/ASTOp.java
@@ -1370,7 +1370,6 @@ class ASTCbind extends ASTOp {
     Frame fr = new Frame(new String[0],new Vec[0]);
     for(int i = 0; i < argcnt-1; i++) {
       if( env.isAry(-argcnt+1+i) ) {
-        String name = null;
         Frame fr2 = env.ary(-argcnt+1+i);
         Frame fr3 = fr.makeCompatible(fr2);
         if( fr3 != fr2 ) {      // If copied into a new Frame, need to adjust refs
@@ -1378,9 +1377,7 @@ class ASTCbind extends ASTOp {
           env.subRef(fr2,null);
         }
         // Take name from an embedded assign: "cbind(colNameX = some_frame, ...)"
-        if( fr2.numCols()==1 && apply != null && (name = apply._args[i+1].argName()) != null )
-          fr.add(name,fr3.anyVec());
-        else fr.add(fr3,true);
+        fr.add(fr3,true);
       } else {
         double d = env.dbl(-argcnt+1+i);
         Vec v = vmax == null ? Vec.make1Elem(d) : vmax.makeCon(d);
Change c <- cbind(a,b) to have the colname of b show up in c.