diff --git a/changelog.d/remove-redundant-code.skip b/changelog.d/remove-redundant-code.skip
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/user.ex b/lib/pleroma/user.ex
index d9da9ede1..28fac510a 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/user.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/user.ex
@@ -801,13 +801,6 @@ defmodule Pleroma.User do
       when is_nil(password) do
     params = Map.put_new(params, :accepts_chat_messages, true)
 
-    params =
-      if Map.has_key?(params, :email) do
-        Map.put_new(params, :email, params[:email])
-      else
-        params
-      end
-
     struct
     |> cast(params, [
       :name,