diff --git a/spec/requests/api/notes_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/notes_spec.rb
index 117961834745d266dc290c134899d5f774d059b9..2875db04ee45a22fd429829ea498a4439a17357d 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/notes_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/notes_spec.rb
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ describe API::API, api: true  do
         post api("/projects/#{project.id}/issues/#{issue.id}/notes", user), body: 'hi!'
         response.status.should == 201
         json_response['body'].should == 'hi!'
-        json_response['author']['email'].should == user.email
+        json_response['author']['username'].should == user.username
       end
 
       it "should return a 400 bad request error if body not given" do
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ describe API::API, api: true  do
         post api("/projects/#{project.id}/snippets/#{snippet.id}/notes", user), body: 'hi!'
         response.status.should == 201
         json_response['body'].should == 'hi!'
-        json_response['author']['email'].should == user.email
+        json_response['author']['username'].should == user.username
       end
 
       it "should return a 400 bad request error if body not given" do
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/project_members_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/project_members_spec.rb
index ec2d6e850966c38e582d00b830d72c50f72c7fbc..032f850010c7a46ab94f78f9f2347728d7c634ca 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/project_members_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/project_members_spec.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ describe API::API, api: true  do
       response.status.should == 200
       json_response.should be_an Array
       json_response.count.should == 2
-      json_response.map { |u| u['email'] }.should include user.email
+      json_response.map { |u| u['username'] }.should include user.username
     end
 
     it "finds team members with query string" do
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ describe API::API, api: true  do
       response.status.should == 200
       json_response.should be_an Array
       json_response.count.should == 1
-      json_response.first['email'].should == user.email
+      json_response.first['username'].should == user.username
     end
 
     it "should return a 404 error if id not found" do
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ describe API::API, api: true  do
     it "should return project team member" do
       get api("/projects/#{project.id}/members/#{user.id}", user)
       response.status.should == 200
-      json_response['email'].should == user.email
+      json_response['username'].should == user.username
       json_response['access_level'].should == UsersProject::MASTER
     end
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ describe API::API, api: true  do
       }.to change { UsersProject.count }.by(1)
 
       response.status.should == 201
-      json_response['email'].should == user2.email
+      json_response['username'].should == user2.username
       json_response['access_level'].should == UsersProject::DEVELOPER
     end
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ describe API::API, api: true  do
       }.not_to change { UsersProject.count }.by(1)
 
       response.status.should == 201
-      json_response['email'].should == user2.email
+      json_response['username'].should == user2.username
       json_response['access_level'].should == UsersProject::DEVELOPER
     end
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ describe API::API, api: true  do
     it "should update project team member" do
       put api("/projects/#{project.id}/members/#{user3.id}", user), access_level: UsersProject::MASTER
       response.status.should == 200
-      json_response['email'].should == user3.email
+      json_response['username'].should == user3.username
       json_response['access_level'].should == UsersProject::MASTER
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/projects_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/projects_spec.rb
index 43915d8684b647d87cc58b02f301e7eff7b5cb7e..415735091c353899a4786b972640979ae6d82320 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/projects_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/projects_spec.rb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ describe API::API, api: true  do
         response.status.should == 200
         json_response.should be_an Array
         json_response.first['name'].should == project.name
-        json_response.first['owner']['email'].should == user.email
+        json_response.first['owner']['username'].should == user.username
       end
     end
   end
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ describe API::API, api: true  do
         response.status.should == 200
         json_response.should be_an Array
         json_response.first['name'].should == project.name
-        json_response.first['owner']['email'].should == user.email
+        json_response.first['owner']['username'].should == user.username
       end
     end
   end
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ describe API::API, api: true  do
       get api("/projects/#{project.id}", user)
       response.status.should == 200
       json_response['name'].should == project.name
-      json_response['owner']['email'].should == user.email
+      json_response['owner']['username'].should == user.username
     end
 
     it "should return a project by path name" do