diff --git a/jans-config-api/plugins/user-mgt-plugin/src/main/java/io/jans/configapi/plugin/mgt/rest/UserResource.java b/jans-config-api/plugins/user-mgt-plugin/src/main/java/io/jans/configapi/plugin/mgt/rest/UserResource.java
index dba7066984d..eacae69cc90 100644
--- a/jans-config-api/plugins/user-mgt-plugin/src/main/java/io/jans/configapi/plugin/mgt/rest/UserResource.java
+++ b/jans-config-api/plugins/user-mgt-plugin/src/main/java/io/jans/configapi/plugin/mgt/rest/UserResource.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 public class UserResource extends BaseResource {
 
     private static final String USER = "user";
+    private static final String USER_PWD = "userPassword";
 
     @Inject
     Logger logger;
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ private void checkMissingAttributes(User user)
     private List<User> getUsers(List<User> users) throws EncryptionException {
         if (users != null && !users.isEmpty()) {
             for (User user : users) {
-                if (StringHelper.isNotEmpty(user.getAttribute("userPassword"))) {
+                if (StringHelper.isNotEmpty(user.getAttribute(USER_PWD))) {
                     decryptUserPassword(user);
                 }
             }
@@ -223,15 +224,15 @@ private List<User> getUsers(List<User> users) throws EncryptionException {
     }
     
     private User encryptUserPassword(User user) throws EncryptionException {
-        if (StringHelper.isNotEmpty(user.getAttribute("userPassword"))) {
-            user.setAttribute("userPassword", encryptionService.encrypt(user.getAttribute("userPassword")), false);
+        if (StringHelper.isNotEmpty(user.getAttribute(USER_PWD))) {
+            user.setAttribute(USER_PWD, encryptionService.encrypt(user.getAttribute(USER_PWD)), false);
         }
         return user;
     }
 
     private User decryptUserPassword(User user) throws EncryptionException {
-        if (StringHelper .isNotEmpty(user.getAttribute("userPassword"))) {
-            user.setAttribute("userPassword", encryptionService.decrypt(user.getAttribute("userPassword")), false);
+        if (StringHelper .isNotEmpty(user.getAttribute(USER_PWD))) {
+            user.setAttribute(USER_PWD, encryptionService.decrypt(user.getAttribute(USER_PWD)), false);
         }
         return user;
     }
diff --git a/jans-config-api/plugins/user-mgt-plugin/src/main/java/io/jans/configapi/plugin/mgt/util/Constants.java b/jans-config-api/plugins/user-mgt-plugin/src/main/java/io/jans/configapi/plugin/mgt/util/Constants.java
index 13b2eff866d..27a52bdbfa0 100644
--- a/jans-config-api/plugins/user-mgt-plugin/src/main/java/io/jans/configapi/plugin/mgt/util/Constants.java
+++ b/jans-config-api/plugins/user-mgt-plugin/src/main/java/io/jans/configapi/plugin/mgt/util/Constants.java
@@ -11,11 +11,4 @@ public class Constants {
     private Constants() {}
 
     public static final String CONFIG_USER = "/configuser"; 
-    public static final String LIMIT = "limit";
-    public static final String START_INDEX = "startIndex";
-    public static final String PATTERN = "pattern";
-    public static final String STATUS = "status";
-    public static final String INUM = "inum";
-    public static final String SORT_BY = "sortBy";
-    public static final String SORT_ORDER = "sortOrder";
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jans-config-api/plugins/user-mgt-plugin/src/main/java/io/jans/configapi/plugin/mgt/util/MgtUtil.java b/jans-config-api/plugins/user-mgt-plugin/src/main/java/io/jans/configapi/plugin/mgt/util/MgtUtil.java
index f4cb0098868..c462f8a8a66 100644
--- a/jans-config-api/plugins/user-mgt-plugin/src/main/java/io/jans/configapi/plugin/mgt/util/MgtUtil.java
+++ b/jans-config-api/plugins/user-mgt-plugin/src/main/java/io/jans/configapi/plugin/mgt/util/MgtUtil.java
@@ -28,26 +28,7 @@ public class MgtUtil {
     @Inject 
     UserMgtConfigSource configSource;
 
-    public String getProperty(String propertyName) {
-        logger.error("configSource.getValue(propertyName:{} ",configSource.getValue(propertyName));
-        return configSource.getValue(propertyName);
-    }
-
-    public String getMaxCount() {
-        logger.error("default.max.count:{} ",getProperty("default.max.count"));
-        return getProperty("default.max.count");
-    }
-    
-    public String getDefaultListSize() {
-        logger.error("default.max.count:{} ",getProperty("default.list.size"));
-        return (StringHelper.isNotEmpty(getProperty("default.list.size")) ? getProperty("default.list.size") : ApiConstants.DEFAULT_LIST_SIZE);
-    }
-    
-    public String getDefaultListStartIndex() {
-        logger.error("default.max.count:{} ",getProperty("default.list.start.index"));
-        return (StringHelper.isNotEmpty(getProperty("default.list.start.index")) ? getProperty("default.list.start.index") : ApiConstants.DEFAULT_LIST_SIZE);
-    }
-    
+       
     public int getRecordMaxCount() {
         logger.trace(" MaxCount details - ApiAppConfiguration.MaxCount():{}, DEFAULT_MAX_COUNT:{} ",
                 configurationFactory.getApiAppConfiguration().getMaxCount(), ApiConstants.DEFAULT_MAX_COUNT);
diff --git a/jans-config-api/plugins/user-mgt-plugin/src/test/resources/feature/mgt/user/user.feature b/jans-config-api/plugins/user-mgt-plugin/src/test/resources/feature/mgt/user/user.feature
index 582e1cb4b8b..ac12862e7d1 100644
--- a/jans-config-api/plugins/user-mgt-plugin/src/test/resources/feature/mgt/user/user.feature
+++ b/jans-config-api/plugins/user-mgt-plugin/src/test/resources/feature/mgt/user/user.feature
@@ -60,7 +60,39 @@ When method GET
 Then status 404
 And print response
 
+@CreateUpdateDelete 
+Scenario: Create new user, patch and delete 
+	Given url mainUrl
+	And header Authorization = 'Bearer ' + accessToken 
+	And request read('user.json') 
+	When method POST 
+	Then status 201
+    And print response    
+	Then def result = response 
+    And print result
+    And assert result != null
+	And assert result.customAttributes.length != null
+    Then def inum = funGetCustomAttributes(result.customAttributes,'inum')
+    And print inum
+    And assert inum != null
+	And print result.userId
+	And print 'Patching user ' + '-' +result.userId + '-' +inum
+    Given url mainUrl + '/' +inum
+	And header Authorization = 'Bearer ' + accessToken 
+	And request read('user-patch.json') 
+	When method PATCH 
+	Then status 200
+    And print response    
+	Then def result = response 
+	And print 'About to delete user ' + '-' +result.userId + '-' +inum
+	Given url mainUrl + '/' +inum
+	And header Authorization = 'Bearer ' + accessToken 
+	When method DELETE 
+	Then status 204 
+	And print response
+    And print 'User successfully deleted'
 
+@ignore
 @CreateUpdateDelete 
 Scenario: Create new user, update and delete 
 	Given url mainUrl