diff --git a/cfg.py b/cfg.py
index e45f56807..408d3df3d 100644
--- a/cfg.py
+++ b/cfg.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ store_file = get_item(parser, 'Path', 'store_file')
 user_db = get_item(parser, 'Path', 'user_db')
 status_log_file = get_item(parser, 'Path', 'status_log_file')
 access_log_file = get_item(parser, 'Path', 'access_log_file')
-users_dir = get_item(parser, 'Path', 'users_dir')
 pidfile = get_item(parser, 'Path', 'pidfile')
 host = get_item(parser, 'Network', 'host')
 port = int(get_item(parser, 'Network', 'port'))
@@ -38,3 +37,5 @@ main_menu = Menu()
 
 if store_file.endswith(".sqlite3"):
     store_file = os.path.splitext(store_file)[0]
+if user_db.endswith(".sqlite3"):
+    user_db = os.path.splitext(user_db)[0]
diff --git a/modules/installed/lib/user_store.py b/modules/installed/lib/user_store.py
index a6ba6c20f..595e83893 100644
--- a/modules/installed/lib/user_store.py
+++ b/modules/installed/lib/user_store.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ from withsqlite.withsqlite import sqlite_db
 
 class UserStore(UserStoreModule, sqlite_db):
     def __init__(self):
-        self.data_dir = cfg.users_dir
         self.db_file = cfg.user_db
         sqlite_db.__init__(self, self.db_file, autocommit=True, check_same_thread=False)
         self.__enter__()
@@ -64,110 +63,3 @@ class UserStore(UserStoreModule, sqlite_db):
 
     def set(self,username=None,user=None):
         sqlite_db.__setitem__(self,username, user)
-
-class UserStoreOld():
-#class UserStore(UserStoreModule):
-    """The user storage is on disk.  Rather than slurp the entire
-    thing, we read from the disk as needed.  Writes are immediate,
-    though.
-
-    TODO: file locking"""
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.data_dir = cfg.users_dir
-        self.users = {}
-    def sanitize(username):
-        """Return username with nonalphanumeric/underscore chars
-        removed. 
-
-        TODO: allow international chars in usernames."""
-        pass
-    def attr(self, key, username):
-        """Return field from username's record.  If key does not
-        exist, don't raise attribute error, just return None.
-
-        User defaults to current.  If no current user and none
-        specified, return none."""
-        try:
-            return self.get(username)[key]
-        except AttributeError:
-            return None
-
-    def current(self, name=False):
-        """Return current user, if there is one, else None.
-        If name = True, return the username instead of the user."""
-        try:
-            username = cherrypy.session.get(cfg.session_key)
-            if name:
-                return username
-            else:
-                return self.get(username)
-        except AttributeError:
-            return None
-        
-    def expert(self, username=None):
-        """Return True if user username is an expert, else False.
-
-        If username is None, use the current user.  If no such user exists, return False."""
-        user = self.get(username)
-        if not user:
-            return False
-        return 'expert' in user['groups']
-
-    def get(self, username=None, reload=False):
-        """Returns a user instance with the user's info or else None if the user couldn't be found.
-
-        If reload is true, reload from disk, regardless of dict's contents
-
-        If username is None, try current user.  If no current user, return None.
-
-        TODO: implement user_store.get reload"""
-
-        if not username:
-            username = self.current(name=True)
-
-        try:
-            return self.users[username]
-        except KeyError:
-            try:
-                IF = open(os.path.join(self.data_dir, username), "r")
-            except IOError:
-                return None
-            data = IF.read()
-            IF.close()
-
-            # We cache the result, and since we assume a system with
-            # relatively few users and small user data files, we never
-            # expire those results.  If we revisit that assumption, we
-            # might need some cache expiry.
-            self.users[username] = User(json.loads(data))
-
-            return self.users[username]
-    def exists(self, username):
-        """Return True if username exists, else False."""
-        return username in self.users or os.path.exists(os.path.join(cfg.users_dir, username))
-    def get_all(self):
-        "Returns a list of all the user objects"
-        usernames = os.listdir(self.data_dir)
-        for name in usernames:
-            self.get(name)
-        return self.users
-    def set(self, user):
-        """Set the user data, both in memory and as needed in storage."""
-        OF = open(os.path.join(self.data_dir, user['username']), 'w')
-        OF.write(json.dumps(user))
-        OF.close()
-    def remove(self, user):
-        """Delete the user from storage and RAM.  User can be a user instance or a username."""
-        try:
-            name = user['name']
-        except TypeError:
-            if isinstance(user, basestring):
-                name = user
-            else:
-                raise TypeError
-        os.unlink(os.path.join(cfg.users_dir, name))
-        try:
-            del self.users[name]
-        except KeyError:
-            pass
-        cfg.log.info("%s deleted %s" % (cherrypy.session.get(cfg.session_key), name))
diff --git a/plinth.sample.config b/plinth.sample.config
index 98d85878e..bbd023a23 100644
--- a/plinth.sample.config
+++ b/plinth.sample.config
@@ -9,12 +9,11 @@ data_dir = %(file_root)s/data
 log_dir = %(data_dir)s
 pid_dir = %(data_dir)s
 python_root = %(file_root)s
-users_dir = %(data_dir)s/users
 server_dir = plinth/
 
 # file locations
 store_file = %(data_dir)s/store.sqlite3
-user_db = %(users_dir)s
+user_db = %(data_dir)s/users.sqlite3
 status_log_file = %(log_dir)s/status.log
 access_log_file = %(log_dir)s/access.log
 pidfile = %(pid_dir)s/pidfile.pid