diff --git a/phpBB/adm/style/acp_users_overview.html b/phpBB/adm/style/acp_users_overview.html
index 9237e45daf..1f10e7f66e 100644
--- a/phpBB/adm/style/acp_users_overview.html
+++ b/phpBB/adm/style/acp_users_overview.html
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@
 	<dt><label for="user_email">{L_EMAIL}:</label></dt>
 	<dd><input class="text medium" type="text" id="user_email" name="user_email" value="{USER_EMAIL}" autocomplete="off" /></dd>
 </dl>
-<dl>
-	<dt><label for="email_confirm">{L_CONFIRM_EMAIL}:</label><br /><span>{L_CONFIRM_EMAIL_EXPLAIN}</span></dt>
-	<dd><input class="text medium" type="text" id="email_confirm" name="email_confirm" value="" autocomplete="off" /></dd>
-</dl>
 <dl>
 	<dt><label for="new_password">{L_NEW_PASSWORD}:</label><br /><span>{L_CHANGE_PASSWORD_EXPLAIN}</span></dt>
 	<dd><input type="password" id="new_password" name="new_password" value="" autocomplete="off" /></dd>
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_users.php b/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_users.php
index c1ad28ca14..cf5650a901 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_users.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_users.php
@@ -757,7 +757,6 @@ class acp_users
 						'username'			=> utf8_normalize_nfc(request_var('user', $user_row['username'], true)),
 						'user_founder'		=> request_var('user_founder', ($user_row['user_type'] == USER_FOUNDER) ? 1 : 0),
 						'email'				=> strtolower(request_var('user_email', $user_row['user_email'])),
-						'email_confirm'		=> strtolower(request_var('email_confirm', '')),
 						'new_password'		=> request_var('new_password', '', true),
 						'password_confirm'	=> request_var('password_confirm', '', true),
 					);
@@ -789,7 +788,6 @@ class acp_users
 								array('string', false, 6, 60),
 								array('email', $user_row['user_email'])
 							),
-							'email_confirm'		=> array('string', true, 6, 60)
 						);
 					}
 
@@ -800,11 +798,6 @@ class acp_users
 						$error[] = 'NEW_PASSWORD_ERROR';
 					}
 
-					if ($data['email'] != $user_row['user_email'] && $data['email_confirm'] != $data['email'])
-					{
-						$error[] = 'NEW_EMAIL_ERROR';
-					}
-
 					if (!check_form_key($form_name))
 					{
 						$error[] = 'FORM_INVALID';