diff --git a/app/controllers/help_controller.rb b/app/controllers/help_controller.rb
index 406142f29c76e96e8462b358aa69fe56219b6897..9b5c43b17e250b03d14da3e7a98d5d189d1b1dbb 100644
--- a/app/controllers/help_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/help_controller.rb
@@ -51,12 +51,7 @@ class HelpController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def ui
-    # this will work on gitlab.com
-    @some_user = User.find_by(username: 'dzaporozhets')
-    if @some_user.nil?
-      # this will work in dev
-      @some_user = User.find(1)
-    end
+    @user = User.new(id: 0, name: 'John Doe', username: '@johndoe')
   end
 
   private
diff --git a/app/views/help/ui.html.haml b/app/views/help/ui.html.haml
index 64414f5d8b2464e0c36afa26406de08a9892cb08..f12df5c8ffe282389957d609d109d7e860e5f15d 100644
--- a/app/views/help/ui.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/help/ui.html.haml
@@ -345,11 +345,11 @@
             %ul
               %li
                 %a.dropdown-menu-user-link.is-active{href: "#"}
-                  = link_to_member_avatar(@some_user, size: 30)
+                  = link_to_member_avatar(@user, size: 30)
                   %strong.dropdown-menu-user-full-name
-                    = @some_user.name
+                    = @user.name
                   .dropdown-menu-user-username
-                    = @some_user.to_reference
+                    = @user.to_reference
 
   .example
     %div
@@ -372,11 +372,11 @@
               %ul
                 %li
                   %a.dropdown-menu-user-link.is-active{href: "#"}
-                    = link_to_member_avatar(@some_user, size: 30)
+                    = link_to_member_avatar(@user, size: 30)
                     %strong.dropdown-menu-user-full-name
-                      = @some_user.name
+                      = @user.name
                     .dropdown-menu-user-username
-                      = @some_user.to_reference
+                      = @user.to_reference
           .dropdown-page-two
             .dropdown-title
               %button.dropdown-title-button.dropdown-menu-back{aria: {label: "Go back"}}