diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/user.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/user.go
index 8cd1270e9b2..9b97b5fda9c 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/user.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/user.go
@@ -394,12 +394,6 @@ func getTeamSelectSQLBase(filteredUsers []string) string {
 		` FROM team as team `
 }
 
-func (ss *SQLStore) DeleteUser(ctx context.Context, cmd *models.DeleteUserCommand) error {
-	return ss.WithTransactionalDbSession(ctx, func(sess *DBSession) error {
-		return deleteUserInTransaction(ss, sess, cmd)
-	})
-}
-
 func (ss *SQLStore) DeleteUserInSession(ctx context.Context, sess *DBSession, cmd *models.DeleteUserCommand) error {
 	return deleteUserInTransaction(ss, sess, cmd)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/services/user/userimpl/store_test.go b/pkg/services/user/userimpl/store_test.go
index 55c1f35a8db..ee50e622781 100644
--- a/pkg/services/user/userimpl/store_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/user/userimpl/store_test.go
@@ -420,15 +420,9 @@ func TestIntegrationUserDataAccess(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Nil(t, err)
 
 		// When the user is deleted
-		err = ss.DeleteUser(context.Background(), &models.DeleteUserCommand{UserId: users[1].ID})
+		err = userStore.Delete(context.Background(), users[1].ID)
 		require.Nil(t, err)
 
-		query1 := &org.GetOrgUsersQuery{OrgID: users[0].OrgID, User: usr}
-		query1Result, err := userStore.getOrgUsersForTest(context.Background(), query1)
-		require.Nil(t, err)
-
-		require.Len(t, query1Result, 1)
-
 		permQuery := &models.GetDashboardACLInfoListQuery{DashboardID: 1, OrgID: users[0].OrgID}
 		err = userStore.getDashboardACLInfoList(permQuery)
 		require.Nil(t, err)
@@ -492,16 +486,9 @@ func TestIntegrationUserDataAccess(t *testing.T) {
 		require.EqualValues(t, query5Result.TotalCount, 5)
 
 		// the user is deleted
-		err = ss.DeleteUser(context.Background(), &models.DeleteUserCommand{UserId: users[1].ID})
+		err = userStore.Delete(context.Background(), users[1].ID)
 		require.Nil(t, err)
 
-		// delete connected org users and permissions
-		query2 := &org.GetOrgUsersQuery{OrgID: users[0].OrgID}
-		query2Result, err := userStore.getOrgUsersForTest(context.Background(), query2)
-		require.Nil(t, err)
-
-		require.Len(t, query2Result, 1)
-
 		permQuery = &models.GetDashboardACLInfoListQuery{DashboardID: 1, OrgID: users[0].OrgID}
 		err = userStore.getDashboardACLInfoList(permQuery)
 		require.Nil(t, err)
@@ -850,20 +837,6 @@ func updateDashboardACL(t *testing.T, sqlStore db.DB, dashboardID int64, items .
 	return err
 }
 
-func (ss *sqlStore) getOrgUsersForTest(ctx context.Context, query *org.GetOrgUsersQuery) ([]*org.OrgUserDTO, error) {
-	result := make([]*org.OrgUserDTO, 0)
-	err := ss.db.WithDbSession(ctx, func(dbSess *db.Session) error {
-		sess := dbSess.Table("org_user")
-		sess.Join("LEFT ", ss.dialect.Quote("user"), fmt.Sprintf("org_user.user_id=%s.id", ss.dialect.Quote("user")))
-		sess.Where("org_user.org_id=?", query.OrgID)
-		sess.Cols("org_user.org_id", "org_user.user_id", "user.email", "user.login", "org_user.role")
-
-		err := sess.Find(&result)
-		return err
-	})
-	return result, err
-}
-
 // This function was copied from pkg/services/dashboards/database to circumvent
 // import cycles. When this org-related code is refactored into a service the
 // tests can the real GetDashboardACLInfoList functions