diff --git a/src/user/create.js b/src/user/create.js
index f1ad7f9294..a9d22ac3c6 100644
--- a/src/user/create.js
+++ b/src/user/create.js
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 					},
 					function(next) {
 						async.parallel([
+							function(next) {
+								db.incrObjectField('global', 'userCount', next);
+							},
 							function(next) {
 								db.sortedSetAdd('username:uid', userData.uid, userData.username, next);
 							},
@@ -141,9 +144,6 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 						], next);
 					},
 					function(results, next) {
-						db.incrObjectField('global', 'userCount', next);
-					},
-					function(next) {
 						if (userNameChanged) {
 							User.notifications.sendNameChangeNotification(userData.uid, userData.username);
 						}
@@ -155,15 +155,6 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 		});
 	};
 
-	User.updateUserCount = function(callback) {
-		db.sortedSetCard('users:joindate', function(err, count) {
-			if (err) {
-				return callback(err);
-			}
-			db.setObjectField('global', 'userCount', count, callback);
-		});
-	};
-
 	function isDataValid(userData, callback) {
 		async.parallel({
 			emailValid: function(next) {
diff --git a/src/user/delete.js b/src/user/delete.js
index 2558399134..f27527e1e4 100644
--- a/src/user/delete.js
+++ b/src/user/delete.js
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 						'users:online'
 					], uid, next);
 				},
+				function(next) {
+					db.decrObjectField('global', 'userCount', next);
+				},
 				function(next) {
 					var keys = [
 						'uid:' + uid + ':notifications:read', 'uid:' + uid + ':notifications:unread',
@@ -107,14 +110,7 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 					return callback(err);
 				}
 
-				async.parallel([
-					function(next) {
-						db.deleteAll(['followers:' + uid, 'following:' + uid, 'user:' + uid], next);
-					},
-					function(next) {
-						User.updateUserCount(next);
-					}
-				], callback);
+				db.deleteAll(['followers:' + uid, 'following:' + uid, 'user:' + uid], callback);
 			});
 		});
 	};