diff --git a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
index b535c2c87..689728805 100644
--- a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
@@ -271,14 +271,10 @@ class UsersController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def render_update_response
-    if current_user.save
-      respond_to do |format|
-        format.json { render json: { outcome: "updated successfully" } }
-      end
-    else
-      respond_to do |format|
-        format.json { render json: { outcome: "update failed" } }
-      end
+    outcome = current_user.save ? "updated successfully" : "update failed"
+
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.json { render json: { outcome: outcome } }
     end
   end
 
@@ -326,22 +322,6 @@ class UsersController < ApplicationController
     params[:user].include?(:config_theme)
   end
 
-  def less_than_one_day_old?(user)
-    # we check all the `_created_at` fields for all available providers
-    # we use `.available` and not `.enabled` to avoid a situation in which
-    # an admin disables an authentication method after users have already
-    # registered, risking that they would be flagged as new
-    # the last one is a fallback in case all created_at fields are nil
-    user_identity_age = Authentication::Providers.available.map do |provider|
-      user.public_send("#{provider}_created_at")
-    end.detect(&:present?)
-
-    user_identity_age = user_identity_age.presence || 8.days.ago
-
-    range = 1.day.ago.beginning_of_day..Time.current
-    range.cover?(user_identity_age)
-  end
-
   def destroy_request_in_progress?
     Rails.cache.exist?("user-destroy-token-#{@user.id}")
   end