diff --git a/src/user.js b/src/user.js
index f988d105ec..a51d842e60 100644
--- a/src/user.js
+++ b/src/user.js
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
-var utils = require('./../public/src/utils.js'),
-	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
-	emailjs = require('emailjs'),
-	meta = require('./meta.js'),
-	emailjsServer = emailjs.server.connect(meta.config['email:smtp:host'] || '127.0.0.1'),
-	bcrypt = require('bcrypt'),
-	Groups = require('./groups'),
-	notifications = require('./notifications.js'),
-	topics = require('./topics.js'),
+var bcrypt = require('bcrypt'),
 	async = require('async'),
+	emailjs = require('emailjs'),
 	nconf = require('nconf'),
+	winston = require('winston'),
 	userSearch = require('reds').createSearch('nodebbusersearch'),
-	winston = require('winston');
+
+	utils = require('./../public/src/utils'),
+	RDB = require('./redis'),
+	meta = require('./meta'),
+	emailjsServer = emailjs.server.connect(meta.config['email:smtp:host'] || '127.0.0.1'),
+	Groups = require('./groups'),
+	notifications = require('./notifications'),
+	topics = require('./topics');
 
 (function(User) {
 	'use strict';
@@ -114,13 +115,6 @@ var utils = require('./../public/src/utils.js'),
 
 				userSearch.index(username, uid);
 
-				if (typeof io !== 'undefined') {
-					io.sockets.emit('user.latest', {
-						userslug: userslug,
-						username: username
-					});
-				}
-
 				if (password !== undefined) {
 					User.hashPassword(password, function(err, hash) {
 						User.setUserField(uid, 'password', hash);
@@ -642,21 +636,6 @@ var utils = require('./../public/src/utils.js'),
 		});
 	};
 
-	User.latest = function(socket) {
-		RDB.zrevrange('users:joindate', 0, 0, function(err, uid) {
-			RDB.handle(err);
-
-			User.getUserFields(uid, ['username', 'userslug'], function(err, userData) {
-				if (!err && userData) {
-					socket.emit('user.latest', {
-						userslug: userData.userslug,
-						username: userData.username
-					});
-				}
-			});
-		});
-	};
-
 	User.getUidByUsername = function(username, callback) {
 		RDB.hget('username:uid', username, callback);
 	};
diff --git a/src/websockets.js b/src/websockets.js
index f3255811a2..41f42a944c 100644
--- a/src/websockets.js
+++ b/src/websockets.js
@@ -247,10 +247,6 @@ module.exports.init = function(io) {
 			posts.getTopicPostStats();
 		});
 
-		socket.on('user.latest', function(data) {
-			user.latest(socket, data);
-		});
-
 		socket.on('user.email.exists', function(data) {
 			user.email.exists(socket, data.email);
 		});