diff --git a/src/externalldap.js b/src/externalldap.js
index 9f9e4017d..258ebc686 100644
--- a/src/externalldap.js
+++ b/src/externalldap.js
@@ -173,10 +173,6 @@ function sync(progressCallback, callback) {
 
                     // we ignore all errors here and just log them for now
                     async.eachSeries(ldapUsers, function (user, iteratorCallback) {
-
-                        // ignore the bindDn user if any
-                        if (user.dn === externalLdapConfig.bindDn) return iteratorCallback();
-
                         const username = user[externalLdapConfig.usernameField];
                         const email = user.mail;
                         const displayName = user.cn;