diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/databases/postgresql.nix b/nixos/modules/services/databases/postgresql.nix
index 08a9cdd9f5da..33ee7244e3f4 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/databases/postgresql.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/databases/postgresql.nix
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ in
                 fi
                 rm -f ${cfg.dataDir}/*.conf
                 touch "${cfg.dataDir}/.first_startup"
-                touch "${cfg.dataDir}/postgresql-user-created"
             fi
 
             ln -sfn "${configFile}" "${cfg.dataDir}/postgresql.conf"
@@ -231,11 +230,6 @@ in
                 sleep 0.1
             done
 
-            if ! [ -e ${cfg.dataDir}/postgresql-user-created ]; then
-              createuser --superuser postgres
-              touch ${cfg.dataDir}/postgresql-user-created
-            fi
-
             if test -e "${cfg.dataDir}/.first_startup"; then
               ${optionalString (cfg.initialScript != null) ''
                 cat "${cfg.initialScript}" | su -s ${pkgs.stdenv.shell} postgres -c 'psql postgres'