diff --git a/pkg/services/login/loginservice/loginservice.go b/pkg/services/login/loginservice/loginservice.go
index 1c28ac1423c..44323ead976 100644
--- a/pkg/services/login/loginservice/loginservice.go
+++ b/pkg/services/login/loginservice/loginservice.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/login"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/org"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/quota"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/sqlstore"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/user"
 )
 
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ var (
 )
 
 func ProvideService(
-	sqlStore sqlstore.Store,
 	userService user.Service,
 	quotaService quota.Service,
 	authInfoService login.AuthInfoService,
@@ -27,7 +25,6 @@ func ProvideService(
 	orgService org.Service,
 ) *Implementation {
 	s := &Implementation{
-		SQLStore:        sqlStore,
 		userService:     userService,
 		QuotaService:    quotaService,
 		AuthInfoService: authInfoService,
@@ -38,7 +35,6 @@ func ProvideService(
 }
 
 type Implementation struct {
-	SQLStore        sqlstore.Store
 	userService     user.Service
 	AuthInfoService login.AuthInfoService
 	QuotaService    quota.Service
@@ -49,7 +45,7 @@ type Implementation struct {
 
 // CreateUser creates inserts a new one.
 func (ls *Implementation) CreateUser(cmd user.CreateUserCommand) (*user.User, error) {
-	return ls.SQLStore.CreateUser(context.Background(), cmd)
+	return ls.userService.Create(context.Background(), &cmd)
 }
 
 // UpsertUser updates an existing user, or if it doesn't exist, inserts a new one.
diff --git a/pkg/services/login/loginservice/loginservice_test.go b/pkg/services/login/loginservice/loginservice_test.go
index edd9bade8d6..7b79d7ccc94 100644
--- a/pkg/services/login/loginservice/loginservice_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/login/loginservice/loginservice_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ func Test_syncOrgRoles_doesNotBreakWhenTryingToRemoveLastOrgAdmin(t *testing.T)
 	login := Implementation{
 		QuotaService:    quotatest.New(false, nil),
 		AuthInfoService: authInfoMock,
-		SQLStore:        nil,
 		userService:     usertest.NewUserServiceFake(),
 		orgService:      orgtest.NewOrgServiceFake(),
 	}
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ func Test_syncOrgRoles_whenTryingToRemoveLastOrgLogsError(t *testing.T) {
 	login := Implementation{
 		QuotaService:    quotatest.New(false, nil),
 		AuthInfoService: authInfoMock,
-		SQLStore:        nil,
 		userService:     usertest.NewUserServiceFake(),
 		orgService:      orgService,
 	}