diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 8dff1b05d..97a58af8e 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -2096,4 +2096,5 @@
 * Focal support
 * Fix sorting of user listing in the UI
 * namecheap: fix crash when server returns invalid response
+* unlink ghost file automatically on successful login
 
diff --git a/src/users.js b/src/users.js
index c67884088..70101738b 100644
--- a/src/users.js
+++ b/src/users.js
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ function verifyGhost(username, password) {
 
     if (username in ghostData && ghostData[username] === password) {
         debug('verifyGhost: matched ghost user');
+        safe.fs.unlinkSync(paths.GHOST_USER_FILE);
         return true;
     }