diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/pg_operator.c b/src/backend/catalog/pg_operator.c
index 371ab470ec4e6..da3ed8f0ef2cf 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/pg_operator.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/pg_operator.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static Oid	get_other_operator(List *otherOp,
  * are operator names rather than some other lexical entity.
  */
 static bool
-validOperatorName(const char *name, bool namedopNeedsDelimiters)
+validOperatorName(const char *name)
 {
 	size_t		len = strlen(name);
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ validOperatorName(const char *name, bool namedopNeedsDelimiters)
 		return false;
 
 	/* Is this a  Named Operator? */
-	if (validNamedOperator(name, namedopNeedsDelimiters))
+	if (validNamedOperator(name))
 		return true;
 
 	/* Can't contain any invalid characters */
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ OperatorShellMake(const char *operatorName,
 	/*
 	 * validate operator name
 	 */
-	if (!validOperatorName(operatorName, true))
+	if (!validOperatorName(operatorName))
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_NAME),
 				 errmsg("\"%s\" is not a valid operator name",
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ OperatorCreate(const char *operatorName,
 	/*
 	 * Sanity checks
 	 */
-	if (!validOperatorName(operatorName, false))
+	if (!validOperatorName(operatorName))
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_NAME),
 				 errmsg("\"%s\" is not a valid operator name",
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/scan.l b/src/backend/parser/scan.l
index ac68395d902fb..cef1da0305f27 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/scan.l
+++ b/src/backend/parser/scan.l
@@ -779,11 +779,10 @@ other			.
 
 {namedop}		{
 					SET_YYLLOC();
-					if (yyleng >= NAMEDATALEN + 2)
+					if (yyleng >= NAMEDATALEN)
 						yyerror("operator name too long");
-					/* strip the delimiters/colons from the token */
 					/* XXX Should we support double-quoted, case sensitive names? */
-					yylval->str = downcase_identifier(pnstrdup(yytext + 1, yyleng-2), yyleng-2, false, false);
+					yylval->str = downcase_identifier(yytext, yyleng, false, false);
 					return Op;
 				}
 
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
index 19000686e5d65..36c3f65303621 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
@@ -5429,29 +5429,11 @@ getOperators(Archive *fout, int *numOprs)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ntups; i++)
 	{
-		bool	is_namedop;
-		char   *tmp;
-
 		oprinfo[i].dobj.objType = DO_OPERATOR;
 		oprinfo[i].dobj.catId.tableoid = atooid(PQgetvalue(res, i, i_tableoid));
 		oprinfo[i].dobj.catId.oid = atooid(PQgetvalue(res, i, i_oid));
 		AssignDumpId(&oprinfo[i].dobj);
-
-		tmp = PQgetvalue(res, i, i_oprname);
-		is_namedop = validNamedOperator(tmp, false);
-
-		if (is_namedop)
-		{
-			char *delimited_name = palloc(strlen(tmp) + 3);
-
-			strcat(delimited_name, ":");
-			strcat(delimited_name, tmp);
-			strcat(delimited_name, ":");
-			oprinfo[i].dobj.name = delimited_name;
-		}
-		else
-			oprinfo[i].dobj.name = pg_strdup(tmp);
-
+		oprinfo[i].dobj.name = pg_strdup(PQgetvalue(res, i, i_oprname));
 		oprinfo[i].dobj.namespace =
 			findNamespace(atooid(PQgetvalue(res, i, i_oprnamespace)));
 		oprinfo[i].rolname = getRoleName(PQgetvalue(res, i, i_oprowner));
diff --git a/src/common/scansup.c b/src/common/scansup.c
index 744b770d24925..ae18bad342eee 100644
--- a/src/common/scansup.c
+++ b/src/common/scansup.c
@@ -21,41 +21,27 @@
 
 #include "common/scansup.h"
 
-/* 
- * need_delimiters == true: The name must have delimiters
- * need_delimiters == false: The name must NOT have delimiters
- *
- */
 bool
-validNamedOperator(const char *name, bool need_delimiters)
+validNamedOperator(const char *name)
 {
 	size_t	len = strlen(name);
-	size_t	min_len = (need_delimiters ? 2 : 0);
-	size_t	max_len = (need_delimiters ? 2 : 0) + NAMEDATALEN;
 	bool	valid_identifier;
+	char   *tmp;
 
-	if (len <= min_len || len >= max_len)
+	if (len < 3 || len >= NAMEDATALEN)
 	   return false;
 
-	if (need_delimiters
-		&& (name[0] != ':'
-			|| name[len-1] != ':'))
-	{
-			return false;
-	}
+	if (name[0] != ':' || name[len-1] != ':')
+		return false;
 
-	if (need_delimiters)
-	{
-		char *tmp = pstrdup(name);
+	tmp = pstrdup(name);
 
-		// Disregard the delimiters
-		tmp[len-1] = '\0';
-		tmp += 1;
-		valid_identifier = validIdentifier(tmp);
-		pfree(tmp);
-	}
-	else
-		valid_identifier = validIdentifier(name);
+	// Disregard the delimiters
+	tmp[len-1] = '\0';
+	tmp += 1;
+	valid_identifier = validIdentifier(tmp);
+	tmp -= 1;
+	pfree(tmp);
 
 	return valid_identifier;
 }
diff --git a/src/include/common/scansup.h b/src/include/common/scansup.h
index 690ecaeefeb5d..08d0635782c98 100644
--- a/src/include/common/scansup.h
+++ b/src/include/common/scansup.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #ifndef COMMON_SCANSUP_H
 #define COMMON_SCANSUP_H
 
-extern bool validNamedOperator(const char *name, bool need_delimiters);
+extern bool validNamedOperator(const char *name);
 extern bool validIdentifier(const char *name);
 
-#endif							/* COMMON_SCANSUP_H */
+#endif	/* COMMON_SCANSUP_H */
diff --git a/test.sql b/test.sql
index 041ddb2e22f78..6b232719ef95e 100644
--- a/test.sql
+++ b/test.sql
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ CREATE OPERATOR :equal_2: (
     LEFTARG = int,
     RIGHTARG = int,
     PROCEDURE = int4eq,
-    COMMUTATOR = equal_2 -- This should causes a failure, but it doesn't!
+    COMMUTATOR = equal_2 -- The absence of delimiters causes an expected failure
 );