diff --git a/packages/component-manuscript-manager/src/routes/fragments/patch.js b/packages/component-manuscript-manager/src/routes/fragments/patch.js
index 944fd2863e9ace7324212e4120b57d176e90a058..7359ed96fea78b83498499ff7fe56b51dfe3bdef 100644
--- a/packages/component-manuscript-manager/src/routes/fragments/patch.js
+++ b/packages/component-manuscript-manager/src/routes/fragments/patch.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 const {
   Team,
-  User,
   Email,
   services,
   Fragment,
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ module.exports = models => async (req, res) => {
       })
     }
 
-    const userHelper = new User({ UserModel: models.User })
     const newFragmentBody = {
       ...omit(fragment, ['revision', 'recommendations', 'id']),
       ...fragment.revision,