diff --git a/console/module/user/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/app/console/module/user/server/GwtUserServiceImpl.java b/console/module/user/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/app/console/module/user/server/GwtUserServiceImpl.java
index d2ddedec834..5a84a202375 100644
--- a/console/module/user/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/app/console/module/user/server/GwtUserServiceImpl.java
+++ b/console/module/user/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/app/console/module/user/server/GwtUserServiceImpl.java
@@ -202,11 +202,7 @@ public void delete(GwtXSRFToken xsrfToken, String gwtScopeId, String gwtUserId)
             KapuaId scopeId = GwtKapuaCommonsModelConverter.convertKapuaId(gwtScopeId);
             KapuaId userId = GwtKapuaCommonsModelConverter.convertKapuaId(gwtUserId);
 
-            User user = USER_SERVICE.find(scopeId, userId);
-
-            if (user != null) {
-                USER_SERVICE.delete(user);
-            }
+            USER_SERVICE.delete(scopeId, userId);
         } catch (Throwable t) {
             KapuaExceptionHandler.handle(t);
         }
diff --git a/service/user/api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/service/user/UserService.java b/service/user/api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/service/user/UserService.java
index 8b3c0c85395..62c9fc50a16 100644
--- a/service/user/api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/service/user/UserService.java
+++ b/service/user/api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/service/user/UserService.java
@@ -21,11 +21,12 @@
 import org.eclipse.kapua.service.config.KapuaConfigurableService;
 
 /**
- * UserService exposes APIs to manage User object under an Account.<br>
+ * UserService exposes APIs to manage User object under an Account.
+ * <p>
  * It includes APIs to create, update, find, list and delete Users.<br>
  * Instances of the UserService can be acquired through the ServiceLocator.
  *
- * @since 1.0
+ * @since 1.0.0
  */
 public interface UserService extends KapuaEntityService<User, UserCreator>,
         KapuaUpdatableEntityService<User>,
@@ -57,11 +58,13 @@ public interface UserService extends KapuaEntityService<User, UserCreator>,
     User update(User user) throws KapuaException;
 
     /**
-     * Delete the supplied User.
+     * Deletes the given {@link User}.
      *
-     * @param user
+     * @param user The {@link User} to delete
      * @throws KapuaException
+     * @deprecated Since 2.0.0. Please make use of {@link #delete(KapuaId, KapuaId)}
      */
+    @Deprecated
     void delete(User user) throws KapuaException;
 
     /**
diff --git a/service/user/internal/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/service/user/internal/UserServiceImpl.java b/service/user/internal/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/service/user/internal/UserServiceImpl.java
index 1c2ea7826f9..877e6f4f79a 100644
--- a/service/user/internal/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/service/user/internal/UserServiceImpl.java
+++ b/service/user/internal/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/service/user/internal/UserServiceImpl.java
@@ -183,6 +183,17 @@ public User update(User user) throws KapuaException {
                 }));
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void delete(User user) throws KapuaException {
+        //
+        // Argument Validation
+        ArgumentValidator.notNull(user, "user");
+
+        //
+        // Do delete
+        delete(user.getScopeId(), user.getId());
+    }
+
     @Override
     //@RaiseServiceEvent
     public void delete(KapuaId scopeId, KapuaId userId) throws KapuaException {
@@ -216,12 +227,6 @@ public void delete(KapuaId scopeId, KapuaId userId) throws KapuaException {
                 .onAfterHandler((emptyParam) -> entityCache.remove(scopeId, userId)));
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void delete(User user) throws KapuaException {
-        ArgumentValidator.notNull(user, "user");
-        delete(user.getScopeId(), user.getId());
-    }
-
     @Override
     public User find(KapuaId scopeId, KapuaId userId)
             throws KapuaException {
diff --git a/service/user/test-steps/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/service/user/steps/UserServiceSteps.java b/service/user/test-steps/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/service/user/steps/UserServiceSteps.java
index 5a73d918592..77dfe03cafa 100644
--- a/service/user/test-steps/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/service/user/steps/UserServiceSteps.java
+++ b/service/user/test-steps/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/service/user/steps/UserServiceSteps.java
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ public void deleteUser() throws Exception {
         try {
             primeException();
             User user = (User) stepData.get("User");
-            userService.delete(user);
+            userService.delete(user.getScopeId(), user.getId());
         } catch (KapuaException ke) {
             verifyException(ke);
         }
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ public void deleteNonexistenUser() throws Exception {
         User user = (User) stepData.get("User");
         try {
             primeException();
-            userService.delete(user);
+            userService.delete(user.getScopeId(), user.getId());
         } catch (KapuaException ke) {
             verifyException(ke);
         }
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ public void thenDeleteUser(String userName) throws Exception {
         try {
             User userToDelete = userService.findByName(userName);
             if (userToDelete != null) {
-                userService.delete(userToDelete);
+                userService.delete(userToDelete.getScopeId(), userToDelete.getId());
             }
         } catch (KapuaException e) {
             verifyException(e);