diff --git a/app/data/user-dao.js b/app/data/user-dao.js
index a674363efa..677a2f97d1 100644
--- a/app/data/user-dao.js
+++ b/app/data/user-dao.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-const bcrypt = require("bcrypt-nodejs");
-
 /* The UserDAO must be constructed with a connected database object */
 function UserDAO(db) {