diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/account/CreateAccount.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/account/CreateAccount.java
index c921c04723..77d45f87be 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/account/CreateAccount.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/account/CreateAccount.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.UnprocessableEntityException;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Account;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.AccountGroup;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.server.ReviewDb;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.IdentifiedUser;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.Sequences;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.account.externalids.ExternalId;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.account.externalids.ExternalIds;
@@ -83,7 +82,6 @@ public class CreateAccount implements RestModifyView<TopLevelResource, AccountIn
   CreateAccount(
       ReviewDb db,
       Sequences seq,
-      Provider<IdentifiedUser> currentUser,
       GroupsCollection groupsCollection,
       VersionedAuthorizedKeys.Accessor authorizedKeys,
       SshKeyCache sshKeyCache,