diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-etherpad b/src/freedombone-app-etherpad
index 6cac10a6..c06bfc28 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-etherpad
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-etherpad
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ function remove_user_etherpad {
     ${PROJECT_NAME}-pass -u $remove_username --rmapp etherpad
 
     if grep -q "\"$remove_username\": {" /var/www/${ETHERPAD_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs/settings.json; then
-        sed -i "/\"$remove_username\": {/,/},/d" /var/www/${ETHERPAD_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs/settings.json
+        sed -i "/\"$remove_username\": {/d" /var/www/${ETHERPAD_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs/settings.json
         systemctl restart etherpad
     fi
 }