diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/kuschku/libquassel/syncables/types/impl/Identity.java b/app/src/main/java/de/kuschku/libquassel/syncables/types/impl/Identity.java
index b7a81f271514f8e4c16d375abd4305001fb08b92..27c067aef7582b9b45379c8557abc1706e679168 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/kuschku/libquassel/syncables/types/impl/Identity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/kuschku/libquassel/syncables/types/impl/Identity.java
@@ -81,12 +81,12 @@ public class Identity extends AIdentity<Identity> {
     }
 
     private String defaultNick() {
-        return CompatibilityUtils.accountNick("quassel").replaceAll("(^[\\d-]+|[^A-Za-z0-9\\x5b-\\x60\\x7b-\\x7d])", "");
+        return "quassel";
     }
 
 
     private String defaultRealName() {
-        return CompatibilityUtils.accountNick("Quassel IRC User");
+        return "Quassel IRC User";
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/kuschku/util/CompatibilityUtils.java b/app/src/main/java/de/kuschku/util/CompatibilityUtils.java
index ec83d84b1cf5051af32ba0131c35d8f61c920875..5ec83b0e7d001bd94ddbdce17b1e6f1d6c5c9f34 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/kuschku/util/CompatibilityUtils.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/kuschku/util/CompatibilityUtils.java
@@ -94,19 +94,6 @@ public class CompatibilityUtils {
         return def;
     }
 
-    public static String accountNick(String defaultValue) {
-        Pattern emailPattern = Patterns.EMAIL_ADDRESS;
-        AccountManager accountManager = AccountManager.get(QuasselDroidNG.context());
-        Account[] accounts = accountManager.getAccounts();
-        for (Account account : accounts) {
-            if (emailPattern.matcher(account.name).matches()) {
-                String possibleEmail = account.name;
-                Log.e("DEBUG", account.name + ":" + account.type);
-            }
-        }
-        return defaultValue;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Because Android’s String::split is broken
      * @param str The string to be broken into chars