diff --git a/app/Support/Authentication/RemoteUserGuard.php b/app/Support/Authentication/RemoteUserGuard.php
index 356b7acfba..2aaaaa5d05 100644
--- a/app/Support/Authentication/RemoteUserGuard.php
+++ b/app/Support/Authentication/RemoteUserGuard.php
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ class RemoteUserGuard implements Guard
         // Get the user identifier from $_SERVER or apache filtered headers
         $header = config('auth.guard_header', 'REMOTE_USER');
         $userID = request()->server($header) ?? apache_request_headers()[$header] ?? null;
-        $userID = 'james@firefly';
         if (null === $userID) {
             Log::error(sprintf('No user in header "%s".', $header));
             throw new FireflyException('The guard header was unexpectedly empty. See the logs.');