diff --git a/website/src/controllers/api-v3/user.js b/website/src/controllers/api-v3/user.js
index acff305ae9..3394e8b15a 100644
--- a/website/src/controllers/api-v3/user.js
+++ b/website/src/controllers/api-v3/user.js
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ api.registerLocal = {
 
     // Get the lowercase version of username to check that we do not have duplicates
     // So we can search for it in the database and then reject the choosen username if 1 or more results are found
-    let lowerCaseUsername = username.toLowerCase();
     email = email.toLowerCase();
+    let lowerCaseUsername = username.toLowerCase();
 
     // Search for duplicates using lowercase version of username
     User.findOne({$or: [
diff --git a/website/src/models/user.js b/website/src/models/user.js
index a70d76e7d0..0462dd5ab1 100644
--- a/website/src/models/user.js
+++ b/website/src/models/user.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // User schema and model
 import mongoose from 'mongoose';
 import shared from '../../../common';
-import passwordUtils from '../libs/api-v3/password';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import validator from 'validator';
 import moment from 'moment';