diff --git a/app/logical/user_name_validator.rb b/app/logical/user_name_validator.rb
index c86c693db..76044bdaa 100644
--- a/app/logical/user_name_validator.rb
+++ b/app/logical/user_name_validator.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 class UserNameValidator < ActiveModel::EachValidator
   def validate_each(rec, attr, value)
-    name = User.normalize_name(value)
-
     rec.errors[attr] << "already exists" if User.find_by_name(name).present?
     rec.errors[attr] << "must be 2 to 100 characters long" if !name.length.between?(2, 100)
     rec.errors[attr] << "cannot have whitespace or colons" if name =~ /[[:space:]]|:/