diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 3a17c98eff6d4f5a202fd557ed8131a798797c43..d771eaff472f868aa0168fcfe074732db38bc507 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -311,10 +311,6 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
       find_by(id: Key.unscoped.select(:user_id).where(id: key_id))
     end
 
-    def build_user(attrs = {})
-      User.new(attrs)
-    end
-
     def reference_prefix
       '@'
     end
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/25678-remove-user-build.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/25678-remove-user-build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..873e637d6708cb3d7888ede1e38a13c11fc6c4bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/25678-remove-user-build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: remove build_user
+merge_request: 8162 
+author: Arsenev Vladislav
diff --git a/lib/api/users.rb b/lib/api/users.rb
index 0842c3874c5a4a981ac57f97125e064c0d741745..4c22287b5c6ca84861ea651760ac195cd7a6854b 100644
--- a/lib/api/users.rb
+++ b/lib/api/users.rb
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ module API
         identity_attrs = params.slice(:provider, :extern_uid)
         confirm = params.delete(:confirm)
 
-        user = User.build_user(declared_params(include_missing: false))
+        user = User.new(declared_params(include_missing: false))
         user.skip_confirmation! unless confirm
 
         if identity_attrs.any?