diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 16a227eec57..5ac0262ca58 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ Note that this project **does not** adhere to [Semantic Versioning](http://semve
 ### Removed
 
 - We removed the menu entry "Manage external file types" because it's already in 'Preferences' dialog [#6991](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/6991)
+- We removed the integrity check "Abbreviation detected" for the field journal/journaltitle in the entry editor [#3925](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/3925)
 
 ## [5.1] – 2020-08-30
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/integrity/FieldCheckers.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/integrity/FieldCheckers.java
index e2b27412010..379973fb98e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/integrity/FieldCheckers.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/integrity/FieldCheckers.java
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ public FieldCheckers(BibDatabaseContext databaseContext, FilePreferences filePre
     private static Multimap<Field, ValueChecker> getAllMap(BibDatabaseContext databaseContext, FilePreferences filePreferences, JournalAbbreviationRepository abbreviationRepository, boolean allowIntegerEdition) {
         ArrayListMultimap<Field, ValueChecker> fieldCheckers = ArrayListMultimap.create(50, 10);
 
-        for (Field field : FieldFactory.getJournalNameFields()) {
-            fieldCheckers.put(field, new AbbreviationChecker(abbreviationRepository));
-        }
         for (Field field : FieldFactory.getBookNameFields()) {
             fieldCheckers.put(field, new AbbreviationChecker(abbreviationRepository));
         }