diff --git a/crates/uv-distribution/src/workspace.rs b/crates/uv-distribution/src/workspace.rs
index 3d395aa82a26..e6106829c211 100644
--- a/crates/uv-distribution/src/workspace.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-distribution/src/workspace.rs
@@ -192,13 +192,6 @@ impl Workspace {
             .collect()
     }
 
-    /// If there is a package at the workspace root, return it.
-    pub fn root_member(&self) -> Option<&WorkspaceMember> {
-        self.packages
-            .values()
-            .find(|package| package.root == self.root)
-    }
-
     /// The path to the workspace root, the directory containing the top level `pyproject.toml` with
     /// the `uv.tool.workspace`, or the `pyproject.toml` in an implicit single workspace project.
     pub fn root(&self) -> &PathBuf {
diff --git a/crates/uv/src/commands/project/add.rs b/crates/uv/src/commands/project/add.rs
index e6d11534d8ef..4e1b4a7e958b 100644
--- a/crates/uv/src/commands/project/add.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/src/commands/project/add.rs
@@ -48,15 +48,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn add(
     let exclude_newer = None;
 
     // Lock and sync the environment.
-    let root_project_name = project
-        .current_project()
-        .pyproject_toml()
-        .project
-        .as_ref()
-        .map(|project| project.name.clone());
-
     let lock = project::lock::do_lock(
-        root_project_name,
         project.workspace(),
         venv.interpreter(),
         &index_locations,
diff --git a/crates/uv/src/commands/project/lock.rs b/crates/uv/src/commands/project/lock.rs
index 4647c15cdc93..a0242cb030bf 100644
--- a/crates/uv/src/commands/project/lock.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/src/commands/project/lock.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ use uv_configuration::{
 use uv_dispatch::BuildDispatch;
 use uv_distribution::{Workspace, DEV_DEPENDENCIES};
 use uv_git::GitResolver;
-use uv_normalize::PackageName;
 use uv_requirements::upgrade::{read_lockfile, LockedRequirements};
 use uv_resolver::{ExcludeNewer, FlatIndex, InMemoryIndex, Lock, OptionsBuilder, RequiresPython};
 use uv_toolchain::Interpreter;
@@ -46,15 +45,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn lock(
     let interpreter = project::find_interpreter(&workspace, python.as_deref(), cache, printer)?;
 
     // Perform the lock operation.
-    let root_project_name = workspace.root_member().and_then(|member| {
-        member
-            .pyproject_toml()
-            .project
-            .as_ref()
-            .map(|project| project.name.clone())
-    });
     match do_lock(
-        root_project_name,
         &workspace,
         &interpreter,
         &index_locations,
@@ -82,7 +73,6 @@ pub(crate) async fn lock(
 /// Lock the project requirements into a lockfile.
 #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 pub(super) async fn do_lock(
-    root_project_name: Option<PackageName>,
     workspace: &Workspace,
     interpreter: &Interpreter,
     index_locations: &IndexLocations,
@@ -122,27 +112,13 @@ pub(super) async fn do_lock(
         if matches!(requires_python.bound(), Bound::Unbounded) {
             let default =
                 RequiresPython::greater_than_equal_version(interpreter.python_minor_version());
-            if let Some(root_project_name) = root_project_name.as_ref() {
-                warn_user!(
-                    "The `requires-python` field found in `{root_project_name}` does not contain a lower bound: `{requires_python}`. Set a lower bound to indicate the minimum compatible Python version (e.g., `{default}`).",
-                );
-            } else {
-                warn_user!(
-                    "The `requires-python` field does not contain a lower bound: `{requires_python}`. Set a lower bound to indicate the minimum compatible Python version (e.g., `{default}`).",
-                );
-            }
+            warn_user!("The `requires-python` field does not contain a lower bound: `{requires_python}`. Set a lower bound to indicate the minimum compatible Python version (e.g., `{default}`).");
         }
         requires_python
     } else {
         let default =
             RequiresPython::greater_than_equal_version(interpreter.python_minor_version());
-        if let Some(root_project_name) = root_project_name.as_ref() {
-            warn_user!(
-                "No `requires-python` field found in `{root_project_name}`. Defaulting to `{default}`.",
-            );
-        } else {
-            warn_user!("No `requires-python` field found in workspace. Defaulting to `{default}`.",);
-        }
+        warn_user!("No `requires-python` field found. Defaulting to `{default}`.");
         default
     };
 
@@ -208,7 +184,7 @@ pub(super) async fn do_lock(
         overrides,
         dev,
         source_trees,
-        root_project_name,
+        None,
         &extras,
         preferences,
         EmptyInstalledPackages,
diff --git a/crates/uv/src/commands/project/remove.rs b/crates/uv/src/commands/project/remove.rs
index e04e2edcce2b..d51ac45ed5bf 100644
--- a/crates/uv/src/commands/project/remove.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/src/commands/project/remove.rs
@@ -51,15 +51,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn remove(
     let exclude_newer = None;
 
     // Lock and sync the environment.
-    let root_project_name = project
-        .current_project()
-        .pyproject_toml()
-        .project
-        .as_ref()
-        .map(|project| project.name.clone());
-
     let lock = project::lock::do_lock(
-        root_project_name,
         project.workspace(),
         venv.interpreter(),
         &index_locations,
diff --git a/crates/uv/src/commands/project/run.rs b/crates/uv/src/commands/project/run.rs
index d0ef4b28aca1..38c704410e1d 100644
--- a/crates/uv/src/commands/project/run.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/src/commands/project/run.rs
@@ -66,14 +66,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn run(
             project::init_environment(project.workspace(), python.as_deref(), cache, printer)?;
 
         // Lock and sync the environment.
-        let root_project_name = project
-            .current_project()
-            .pyproject_toml()
-            .project
-            .as_ref()
-            .map(|project| project.name.clone());
         let lock = project::lock::do_lock(
-            root_project_name,
             project.workspace(),
             venv.interpreter(),
             &index_locations,