diff --git a/opentech/settings/base.py b/opentech/settings/base.py
index 6f69720503e51617b7f9ec97f539129301d8cbe1..06df40a22dac34fc90efdbedc9265df123444148 100644
--- a/opentech/settings/base.py
+++ b/opentech/settings/base.py
@@ -395,7 +395,6 @@ SOCIAL_AUTH_PIPELINE = (
     'social_core.pipeline.social_auth.social_uid',
     'social_core.pipeline.social_auth.auth_allowed',
     'social_core.pipeline.social_auth.social_user',
-    'social_core.pipeline.user.get_username',
     'social_core.pipeline.social_auth.associate_by_email',
     'social_core.pipeline.user.create_user',
     'social_core.pipeline.social_auth.associate_user',