diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Console/Cli/NewUserCommand.php b/system/src/Grav/Console/Cli/NewUserCommand.php
index 0dba9c670..1c51eb330 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Console/Cli/NewUserCommand.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Console/Cli/NewUserCommand.php
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 namespace Grav\Console\Cli;
 
 use Grav\Console\ConsoleCommand;
-use Grav\Common\File\CompiledYamlFile;
-use Grav\Common\User\User;
-use Symfony\Component\Console\Helper\Helper;
-use Symfony\Component\Console\Question\ChoiceQuestion;
-use Symfony\Component\Console\Question\Question;
 
 /**
  * Class CleanCommand
@@ -22,9 +17,8 @@ class NewUserCommand extends ConsoleCommand
     {
         $this
             ->setName('new-user')
-            ->setAliases(['newuser'])
-            ->setDescription('Creates a new user')
-            ->setHelp('The <info>newuser</info> creates a new user file in user/accounts/ folder')
+            ->setDescription('DEPRECATED: Creates a new user')
+            ->setHelp('The <info>new-user</info> from `bin/grav` has been deprecated. Please refer to `bin/plugin admin new-user')
         ;
     }
 
@@ -33,118 +27,8 @@ class NewUserCommand extends ConsoleCommand
      */
     protected function serve()
     {
-        $helper = $this->getHelper('question');
-        $data   = [];
-
-        $this->output->writeln('<green>Create new user</green>');
         $this->output->writeln('');
-
-        // Get username and validate
-        $question = new Question('Enter a <yellow>username</yellow>: ', 'admin');
-        $question->setValidator(function ($value) {
-            if (!preg_match('/^[a-z0-9_-]{3,16}$/', $value)) {
-                throw new \RuntimeException(
-                    'Username should be between 3 and 16 characters, including lowercase letters, numbers, underscores, and hyphens. Uppercase letters, spaces, and special characters are not allowed'
-                );
-            }
-            if (file_exists(self::getGrav()['locator']->findResource('user://accounts/' . $value . YAML_EXT))) {
-                throw new \RuntimeException(
-                    'Username "' . $value . '" already exists, please pick another username'
-                );
-            }
-            return $value;
-        });
-        $username = $helper->ask($this->input, $this->output, $question);
-
-        // Get password and validate
-        $password         = $this->askForPassword($helper, 'Enter a <yellow>password</yellow>: ', function ($password1) use ($helper) {
-            if (!preg_match('/(?=.*\d)(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z]).{8,}/', $password1)) {
-                throw new \RuntimeException('Password must contain at least one number and one uppercase and lowercase letter, and at least 8 or more characters');
-            }
-            // Since input is hidden when prompting for passwords, the user is asked to repeat the password
-            return $this->askForPassword($helper, 'Repeat the <yellow>password</yellow>: ', function ($password2) use ($password1) {
-                if (strcmp($password2, $password1)) {
-                    throw new \RuntimeException('Passwords did not match.');
-                }
-                return $password2;
-            });
-        });
-        $data['password'] = $password;
-
-        // Get email and validate
-        $question = new Question('Enter an <yellow>email</yellow>:   ');
-        $question->setValidator(function ($value) {
-            if (!preg_match('/^([a-z0-9_\.-]+)@([\da-z\.-]+)\.([a-z\.]{2,6})$/', $value)) {
-                throw new \RuntimeException(
-                    'Not a valid email address'
-                );
-            }
-            return $value;
-        });
-        $data['email'] = $helper->ask($this->input, $this->output, $question);
-
-        // Choose permissions
-        $question = new ChoiceQuestion(
-            'Please choose a set of <yellow>permissions</yellow>:',
-            array('a' => 'admin access', 's' => 'site access', 'b' => 'admin and site access'),
-            'a'
-        );
-        $question->setErrorMessage('permissions %s is invalid.');
-        $permissions_choice = $helper->ask($this->input, $this->output, $question);
-
-        switch ($permissions_choice) {
-            case 'a':
-                $data['access']['admin'] = ['login' => true, 'super' => true];
-                break;
-            case 's':
-                $data['access']['site'] = ['login' => true];
-                break;
-            case 'b':
-                $data['access']['admin'] = ['login' => true, 'super' => true];
-                $data['access']['site']  = ['login' => true];
-        }
-
-        // Get fullname
-        $question = new Question('Enter a <yellow>fullname</yellow>: ');
-        $question->setValidator(function ($value) {
-            if ($value === null || trim($value) == '') {
-                throw new \RuntimeException(
-                    'Fullname is required'
-                );
-            }
-            return $value;
-        });
-        $data['fullname'] = $helper->ask($this->input, $this->output, $question);
-
-        // Get title
-        $question      = new Question('Enter a <yellow>title</yellow>:    ');
-        $data['title'] = $helper->ask($this->input, $this->output, $question);
-
-        // Create user object and save it
-        $user = new User($data);
-        $file = CompiledYamlFile::instance(self::getGrav()['locator']->findResource('user://accounts/' . $username . YAML_EXT, true, true));
-        $user->file($file);
-        $user->save();
-
-        $this->output->writeln('');
-        $this->output->writeln('<green>Success!</green> User <cyan>' . $username . '</cyan> created.');
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Get password and validate.
-     *
-     * @param Helper   $helper
-     * @param string   $question
-     * @param callable $validator
-     *
-     * @return string
-     */
-    protected function askForPassword(Helper $helper, $question, callable $validator)
-    {
-        $question = new Question($question);
-        $question->setValidator($validator);
-        $question->setHidden(true);
-        $question->setHiddenFallback(true);
-        return $helper->ask($this->input, $this->output, $question);
+        $this->output->writeln('<red>DEPRECATED COMMAND</red>');
+        $this->output->writeln('  <white>`bin/grav new-user`</white> has been <red>deprecated</red> in favor of the new <white>`bin/plugin admin new-user`</white>');
     }
 }