diff --git a/src/User/Concerns/DeprecatedUserPreferences.php b/src/User/Concerns/DeprecatedUserPreferences.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..153c56349
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/User/Concerns/DeprecatedUserPreferences.php
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Flarum\User\Concerns;
+
+use Flarum\User\User;
+use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
+
+trait DeprecatedUserPreferences
+{
+
+
+    /**
+     * Get the values of all registered preferences for this user, by
+     * transforming their stored preferences and merging them with the defaults.
+     *
+     * @param string $value
+     * @return array
+     * @deprecated 0.1.0-beta.11: `users.preferences` is no longer used.
+     */
+    public function getPreferencesAttribute($value)
+    {
+        $defaults = array_map(function ($value) {
+            return $value['default'];
+        }, static::$preferences);
+
+        $user = Arr::only($this->notificationPreferences->toArray(), array_keys(static::$preferences));
+
+        return array_merge($defaults, $user);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Encode an array of preferences for storage in the database.
+     *
+     * @param mixed $value
+     * @deprecated 0.1.0-beta.11: `users.preferences` is no longer used.
+     */
+    public function setPreferencesAttribute($value)
+    {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the value of a preference for this user.
+     *
+     * @param string $key
+     * @param mixed $default
+     * @return mixed
+     * @deprecated 0.1.0-beta.11: `users.preferences` is no longer used.
+     */
+    public function getPreference($key, $default = null)
+    {
+        return Arr::get($this->preferences, $key, $default);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the value of a preference for this user.
+     *
+     * @param string $key
+     * @param mixed $value
+     * @return $this
+     * @deprecated 0.1.0-beta.11: `users.preferences` is no longer used.
+     */
+    public function setPreference($key, $value)
+    {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the key for a preference which flags whether or not the user will
+     * receive a notification for $type via $method.
+     *
+     * @param string $type
+     * @param string $method
+     * @return string
+     * @deprecated 0.1.0-beta.11: `users.preferences` is no longer used, use NotificationPreference::getPreferenceKey.
+     */
+    public static function getNotificationPreferenceKey($type, $method)
+    {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/User/User.php b/src/User/User.php
index 1c0598998..b74651981 100644
--- a/src/User/User.php
+++ b/src/User/User.php
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
  */
 class User extends AbstractModel
 {
+    use Concerns\DeprecatedUserPreferences;
     use EventGeneratorTrait;
     use ScopeVisibilityTrait;
 
@@ -453,35 +454,6 @@ class User extends AbstractModel
         return $this->hasMany(NotificationPreference::class);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Get the values of all registered preferences for this user, by
-     * transforming their stored preferences and merging them with the defaults.
-     *
-     * @param string $value
-     * @return array
-     * @deprecated 0.1.0-beta.11: `users.preferences` is no longer used.
-     */
-    public function getPreferencesAttribute($value)
-    {
-        $defaults = array_map(function ($value) {
-            return $value['default'];
-        }, static::$preferences);
-
-        $user = Arr::only($this->notificationPreferences->toArray(), array_keys(static::$preferences));
-
-        return array_merge($defaults, $user);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Encode an array of preferences for storage in the database.
-     *
-     * @param mixed $value
-     * @deprecated 0.1.0-beta.11: `users.preferences` is no longer used.
-     */
-    public function setPreferencesAttribute($value)
-    {
-    }
-
     /**
      * Check whether or not the user should receive an alert for a notification
      * type.
@@ -510,31 +482,6 @@ class User extends AbstractModel
             ->exists();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Get the value of a preference for this user.
-     *
-     * @param string $key
-     * @param mixed $default
-     * @return mixed
-     * @deprecated 0.1.0-beta.11: `users.preferences` is no longer used.
-     */
-    public function getPreference($key, $default = null)
-    {
-        return Arr::get($this->preferences, $key, $default);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Set the value of a preference for this user.
-     *
-     * @param string $key
-     * @param mixed $value
-     * @return $this
-     * @deprecated 0.1.0-beta.11: `users.preferences` is no longer used.
-     */
-    public function setPreference($key, $value)
-    {
-    }
-
     /**
      * Set the user as being last seen just now.
      *
@@ -736,19 +683,6 @@ class User extends AbstractModel
         static::$preferences[$key] = compact('transformer', 'default');
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Get the key for a preference which flags whether or not the user will
-     * receive a notification for $type via $method.
-     *
-     * @param string $type
-     * @param string $method
-     * @return string
-     * @deprecated 0.1.0-beta.11: `users.preferences` is no longer used, use NotificationPreference::getPreferenceKey.
-     */
-    public static function getNotificationPreferenceKey($type, $method)
-    {
-    }
-
     /**
      * Refresh the user's comments count.
      *