diff --git a/djangoldp/models.py b/djangoldp/models.py
index c9f545dca94268162909bd98c87a30370f805f95..f951763a1e5dbe45e7d738f2008d3895961149a8 100644
--- a/djangoldp/models.py
+++ b/djangoldp/models.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.db import models
 from django.db.models.base import ModelBase
 from django.db.models.signals import pre_save, post_save
@@ -11,9 +10,6 @@ from django.utils.decorators import classonlymethod
 from djangoldp.fields import LDPUrlField
 from djangoldp.permissions import LDPPermissions
 
-User._meta.rdf_type = "foaf:user"
-User._meta.owner_field = "id"
-
 
 class Model(models.Model):
     urlid = LDPUrlField(blank=True, null=True, unique=True)