diff --git a/static/js/settings_users.js b/static/js/settings_users.js
index f7ec099478..75809d2126 100644
--- a/static/js/settings_users.js
+++ b/static/js/settings_users.js
@@ -341,13 +341,7 @@ exports.on_load_success = function (realm_people_data) {
     modal_elem.find('.do_deactivate_button').click(function () {
         const user_id = modal_elem.data('user-id');
         const row = get_user_info_row(user_id);
-        const email = row.attr("data-email");
 
-        if ($("#deactivation_user_modal .email").html() !== email) {
-            blueslip.error("User deactivation canceled due to non-matching fields.");
-            ui_report.message(i18n.t("Deactivation encountered an error. Please reload and try again."),
-                              $("#home-error"), 'alert-error');
-        }
         modal_elem.modal("hide");
         const row_deactivate_button = row.find("button.deactivate");
         row_deactivate_button.prop("disabled", true).text(i18n.t("Working…"));
diff --git a/static/templates/admin_user_list.hbs b/static/templates/admin_user_list.hbs
index ce97f07e69..c726c32f8b 100644
--- a/static/templates/admin_user_list.hbs
+++ b/static/templates/admin_user_list.hbs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {{#with user}}
-<tr class="user_row{{#unless is_active}} deactivated_user{{/unless}}" data-user-id="{{user_id}}" data-email="{{email}}">
+<tr class="user_row{{#unless is_active}} deactivated_user{{/unless}}" data-user-id="{{user_id}}">
     <td>
         <span class="user_name">{{full_name}}</span>
         <i class="fa fa-ban deactivated-user-icon" title="{{t 'User is deactivated' }}" {{#if is_active}}style="display: none;"{{/if}}></i>