diff --git a/lib/config.js b/lib/config.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/config.js
+++ b/lib/config.js
@@ -75,11 +75,6 @@ function Config(config) {
 			Array.isArray(hash[action])
 		, 'CONFIG: bad "'+i+'" package '+action+' description (array or string expected)')
 		hash[action] = flatten(hash[action])
-		hash[action].forEach(function(user) {
-			assert(
-				users[user] != null
-			, 'CONFIG: "'+i+'" package: user "'+user+'" doesn\'t exist')
-		})
 	}
 
 	for (var i in this.packages) {
remove outdated user existence check

doesn't work with htpasswd, and doesn't make sense with
future auth plugins

ref #<I>