diff --git a/common/models/user.js b/common/models/user.js
index 9b7de00def..212d972cc5 100644
--- a/common/models/user.js
+++ b/common/models/user.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Observable } from 'rx';
+import uuid from 'node-uuid';
 import moment from 'moment';
 import debugFactory from 'debug';
 
@@ -62,6 +63,11 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
     ctx.res.redirect('/email-signin');
   });
 
+  User.beforeRemote('create', function({ req }, notUsed, next) {
+    req.body.username = 'fcc' + uuid.v4().slice(0, 8);
+    next();
+  });
+
   User.afterRemote('login', function(ctx, user, next) {
     var res = ctx.res;
     var req = ctx.req;
diff --git a/server/views/account/email-signup.jade b/server/views/account/email-signup.jade
index c270b2470c..965eca605e 100644
--- a/server/views/account/email-signup.jade
+++ b/server/views/account/email-signup.jade
@@ -19,25 +19,6 @@ block content
           alert(type='danger')
             span.ion-close-circled
             |  That email address is already in use.
-      .form-group
-        .col-sm-6.col-sm-offset-3
-          input.form-control(type='text', name='username', ng-keypress='', autocomplete="off", id='username', placeholder='username', ng-model='username', unique-username='', required, ng-minlength=5, ng-maxlength=20, ng-pattern="/^[A-z0-9_]+$/")
-        .col-sm-6.col-sm-offset-3(ng-cloak, ng-show="profileForm.username.$error.pattern && !signupForm.username.$pristine")
-          alert(type='danger')
-            span.ion-close-circled
-            | Your username should only contain letters, numbers and underscores (az10_).
-        .col-sm-6.col-sm-offset-3(ng-cloak, ng-show="signupForm.username.$error.unique && !signupForm.username.$pristine")
-          alert(type='danger')
-            span.ion-close-circled
-            |  This username is taken.
-        .col-sm-6.col-sm-offset-3(ng-cloak, ng-show="signupForm.username.$error.minlength && !signupForm.username.$pristine")
-          alert(type='danger')
-            span.ion-close-circled
-            |  Your username must be at least 5 characters long.
-        .col-sm-6.col-sm-offset-3(ng-cloak, ng-show="signupForm.username.$error.maxlength && !signupForm.username.$pristine")
-          alert(type='danger')
-            span.ion-close-circled
-            |  Your usernames must be 20 characters or fewer.
       .form-group
         .col-sm-6.col-sm-offset-3
           input.form-control(type='password', ng-model='password', name='password', id='password', placeholder='password', required, ng-minlength=8)