diff --git a/common/models/User-Identity.js b/common/models/User-Identity.js
index 1525d23c47..588a3be3de 100644
--- a/common/models/User-Identity.js
+++ b/common/models/User-Identity.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ var defaultProfileImage =
   require('../utils/constantStrings.json').defaultProfileImage;
 
 module.exports = function(UserIdent) {
-
  UserIdent.observe('before save', function(ctx, next) {
   var userIdent = ctx.currentInstance || ctx.instance;
   if (!userIdent) {
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ module.exports = function(UserIdent) {
       debug('no user attached to identity!');
       return next();
     }
-    debug('got user', user.username);
 
     var picture = userIdent.profile && userIdent.profile[0] ?
       userIdent.profile[0].value :
diff --git a/common/models/user.js b/common/models/user.js
index e7163aca3e..2c998f76e9 100644
--- a/common/models/user.js
+++ b/common/models/user.js
@@ -1,11 +1,25 @@
+var Rx = require('rx');
 var debug = require('debug')('freecc:user:remote');
 
+function destroyById(id, Model) {
+  return Rx.Observable.create(function(observer) {
+    Model.destroyById(id, function(err) {
+      if (err) { return observer.onError(err); }
+      observer.onCompleted();
+    });
+    return Rx.Disposable(Rx.helpers.noop);
+  });
+}
+
 module.exports = function(User) {
   // NOTE(berks): user email validation currently not needed but build in. This
   // work around should let us sneak by
   // see:
   // https://github.com/strongloop/loopback/issues/1137#issuecomment-109200135
   delete User.validations.email;
+  var app = User.app;
+  var UserIdentity = app.models.UserIdentity;
+  var UserCredential = app.models.UserCredential;
   debug('setting up user hooks');
   // send verification email to new camper
   User.afterRemote('create', function(ctx, user, next) {
@@ -48,7 +62,7 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
     next();
   });
 
-  User.afterRemote('login', function(ctx, instance, next) {
+  User.afterRemote('login', function(ctx, instance) {
     var res = ctx.res;
     var req = ctx.req;
 
@@ -62,6 +76,7 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
       return res.redirect('/');
     }
 
+    /*
     var config = {
       signed: !!req.signedCookies,
       maxAge: 1000 * accessToken.ttl
@@ -70,11 +85,10 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
       res.cookie('access_token', accessToken.id, config);
       res.cookie('userId', accessToken.userId, config);
     }
+    */
     res.redirect('/');
   });
 
-
-
   User.afterRemote('logout', function(ctx, result, next) {
     var res = ctx.result;
     res.clearCookie('access_token');
@@ -137,4 +151,27 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
       }
     }
   );
+
+  User.observe('after delete', function(ctx, next) {
+    debug('removing user', ctx.where);
+    var id = ctx.where && ctx.where.id ? ctx.where.id : null;
+    if (!id) {
+      return next();
+    }
+    Rx.Observable.combineLatest(
+      destroyById(id, UserIdentity),
+      destroyById(id, UserCredential),
+      Rx.helpers.noop
+    ).subscribe(
+      Rx.helpers.noop,
+      function(err) {
+        debug('error deleting user %s stuff', id, err);
+        next(err);
+      },
+      function() {
+        debug('user stuff deleted for user %s', id);
+        next();
+      }
+    );
+  });
 };
diff --git a/server/boot/a-extendUser.js b/server/boot/a-extendUser.js
index 879112ab0a..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/server/boot/a-extendUser.js
+++ b/server/boot/a-extendUser.js
@@ -1,140 +0,0 @@
-//var debug = require('debug')('freecc:extendUser');
-//
-//module.exports = function(app) {
-//  var User = app.models.User;
-//  // NOTE(berks): user email validation currently not needed but build in. This
-//  // work around should let us sneak by
-//  // see:
-//  // https://github.com/strongloop/loopback/issues/1137#issuecomment-109200135
-//  delete User.validations.email;
-//  debug('setting up user hooks');
-//  // send verification email to new camper
-//  User.afterRemote('create', function(ctx, user, next) {
-//    debug('user created, sending email');
-//    if (!user.email) { return next(); }
-//
-//    var mailOptions = {
-//      type: 'email',
-//      to: user.email,
-//      from: 'Team@freecodecamp.com',
-//      subject: 'Welcome to Free Code Camp!',
-//      redirect: '/',
-//      text: [
-//        'Greetings from San Francisco!\n\n',
-//        'Thank you for joining our community.\n',
-//        'Feel free to email us at this address if you have ',
-//        'any questions about Free Code Camp.\n',
-//        'And if you have a moment, check out our blog: ',
-//        'blog.freecodecamp.com.\n',
-//        'Good luck with the challenges!\n\n',
-//        '- the Free Code Camp Volunteer Team'
-//      ].join('')
-//    };
-//    user.verify(mailOptions, function(err) {
-//      if (err) { return next(err); }
-//      debug('verification email sent');
-//      ctx.req.flash('success', {
-//        msg: [
-//          'Please check your email and click on the verification link '
-//          + 'before logging in.'
-//          ]
-//      });
-//      ctx.res.redirect('/');
-//    });
-//  });
-//
-//  User.beforeRemote('login', function(ctx, results, next) {
-//    debug('before called');
-//    next();
-//  });
-//
-//  User.afterRemote('login', function(ctx, instance, next) {
-//    debug('after called');
-//    var res = ctx.res;
-//    var req = ctx.req;
-//
-//    if (!instance || !instance.emailVerified) {
-//      req.flash('errors', {
-//        msg: [
-//          'Please verify your email address.'
-//        ]
-//      });
-//      return res.redirect('/');
-//    }
-//
-//    var config = {
-//      signed: !!req.signedCookies,
-//      maxAge: 1000 * accessToken.ttl
-//    };
-//    if (accessToken && accessToken.id) {
-//      res.cookie('access_token', accessToken.id, config);
-//      res.cookie('userId', accessToken.userId, config);
-//    }
-//    res.redirect('/');
-//  });
-//
-//
-//
-//  User.afterRemote('logout', function(ctx, result, next) {
-//    var res = ctx.result;
-//    res.clearCookie('access_token');
-//    res.clearCookie('userId');
-//    next();
-//  });
-//
-//  User.doesExist = function doesExist(username, email, cb) {
-//    if (!username && !email) {
-//      return process.nextTick(function() {
-//        cb(null, false);
-//      });
-//    }
-//    debug('checking existence');
-//    var where = {};
-//    if (username) {
-//      where.username = username.toLowerCase();
-//    } else {
-//      where.email = email ? email.toLowerCase() : email;
-//    }
-//    debug('where', where);
-//    User.count(
-//      where,
-//      function (err, count) {
-//        if (err) {
-//          debug('err checking existance: ', err);
-//          return cb(err);
-//        }
-//        if (count > 0) {
-//          return cb(null, true);
-//        }
-//        return cb(null, false);
-//      }
-//    );
-//  };
-//
-//  User.remoteMethod(
-//    'doesExist',
-//    {
-//      description: 'checks whether a user exists using email or username',
-//      accepts: [
-//        {
-//          arg: 'username',
-//          type: 'string'
-//        },
-//        {
-//          arg: 'email',
-//          type: 'string'
-//        }
-//      ],
-//      returns: [
-//        {
-//          arg: 'exists',
-//          type: 'boolean'
-//        }
-//      ],
-//      http: {
-//        path: '/exists',
-//        verb: 'get'
-//      }
-//    }
-//  );
-//};