diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/start/CreateAppModal.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/start/CreateAppModal.svelte
index 2cf1ce7f6c..23f9f3f80c 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/start/CreateAppModal.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/start/CreateAppModal.svelte
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@
       await admin.init()
 
       // Create user
-      await API.updateOwnMetadata({ roleId: $values.roleId })
       await auth.setInitInfo({})
 
       // Create a default home screen if no template was selected
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/user.spec.js b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/user.spec.js
index 1f1c1755cd..04b7297df3 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/user.spec.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/user.spec.js
@@ -23,20 +23,6 @@ describe("/users", () => {
   })
 
   describe("fetch", () => {
-    it("returns a list of users from an instance db", async () => {
-      await config.createUser("uuidx")
-      await config.createUser("uuidy")
-      const res = await request
-        .get(`/api/users/metadata`)
-        .set(config.defaultHeaders())
-        .expect("Content-Type", /json/)
-        .expect(200)
-
-      expect(res.body.length).toBe(3)
-      console.debug('test: ' + JSON.stringify(res.body))
-      expect(res.body.find(u => u._id === `ro_ta_users_us_uuidx`)).toBeDefined()
-      expect(res.body.find(u => u._id === `ro_ta_users_us_uuidy`)).toBeDefined()
-    })
 
     it("should apply authorization to endpoint", async () => {
       await config.createUser()