diff --git a/oada/services/users/src/config.ts b/oada/services/users/src/config.ts
index 95227df9..fffe0f4f 100644
--- a/oada/services/users/src/config.ts
+++ b/oada/services/users/src/config.ts
@@ -16,14 +16,6 @@
 import libConfig from '@oada/lib-config';
 
 const config = libConfig({
-  server: {
-    domain: {
-      format: String,
-      default: 'localhost',
-      env: 'DOMAIN',
-      arg: 'domain',
-    },
-  },
   kafka: {
     topics: {
       userRequest: {
diff --git a/oada/services/users/src/useradd.ts b/oada/services/users/src/useradd.ts
index 3c4a227a..0d94a7a1 100755
--- a/oada/services/users/src/useradd.ts
+++ b/oada/services/users/src/useradd.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ async function run() {
     trace('Sending request to kafka');
     const response = ((await kafkareq.send({
       connection_id: 'useradd',
-      domain: config.get('server.domain'),
       token: 'admin',
       authorization: {
         scope: ['oada.admin.user:all'],