diff --git a/server/cmd/user.go b/server/cmd/user.go
index 2cb4f9aa179dd15e17fec133c11024cc980bbd93..6518b52d51f3e07ef7a133661cc641f0df007ed5 100644
--- a/server/cmd/user.go
+++ b/server/cmd/user.go
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func userCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		Args:              cobra.ExactArgs(1),
 		PersistentPreRunE: checkIfAdmin,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			cfg, s := fromContext(cmd)
+			cfg, _ := fromContext(cmd)
 			username := args[0]
 
 			user, err := cfg.Backend.User(username)
@@ -150,12 +150,6 @@ func userCommand() *cobra.Command {
 			}
 
 			isAdmin := user.IsAdmin()
-			for _, k := range cfg.AdminKeys() {
-				if backend.KeysEqual(k, s.PublicKey()) {
-					isAdmin = true
-					break
-				}
-			}
 
 			cmd.Printf("Username: %s\n", user.Username())
 			cmd.Printf("Admin: %t\n", isAdmin)