diff --git a/lib/user-methods.js b/lib/user-methods.js
index 7fcc10ed..7296474b 100644
--- a/lib/user-methods.js
+++ b/lib/user-methods.js
@@ -182,11 +182,7 @@ const staticMethods = {
 
         adminUser(token, server) {
             checkTypes(arguments, ['string', 'string']);
-            const uuid = 'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx'.replace(/[xy]/g, function (c) {
-                var r = Math.random() * 16 | 0, v = c == 'x' ? r : (r & 0x3 | 0x8);
-                return v.toString(16);
-            });
-            return this.createUser(server || '', uuid, token, true);
+            return this._adminUser(server, token);
         },
 
         register(server, username, password, callback) {