diff --git a/internal/auth/users.go b/internal/auth/users.go
index bc41c3a3e4f1..07b3c3f8de7f 100644
--- a/internal/auth/users.go
+++ b/internal/auth/users.go
@@ -23,10 +23,8 @@ type User struct {
 }
 
 func newUser(username, email, name string) User {
-	avatar := ""
-	if email != "" {
-		avatar = fmt.Sprintf("https://gravatar.com/avatar/%s?d=https%%3A%%2F%%2Fui-avatars.com%%2Fapi%%2F/%s/128", hashEmail(email), name)
-	}
+	avatar := fmt.Sprintf("https://gravatar.com/avatar/%s?d=https%%3A%%2F%%2Fui-avatars.com%%2Fapi%%2F/%s/128", hashEmail(email), name)
+
 	return User{
 		Username: username,
 		Email:    email,