diff --git a/db/fixtures/009_users.rb b/db/fixtures/009_users.rb
index d0ec2a498a..23d024fe19 100644
--- a/db/fixtures/009_users.rb
+++ b/db/fixtures/009_users.rb
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ UserOption.where(user_id: -1).update_all(
 
 Group.user_trust_level_change!(-1, TrustLevel[4])
 
+# TODO drop email with ignored_columns pattern in rails 5.1
 ColumnDropper.drop(
   table: 'users',
   after_migration: 'CreateUserEmails',
   columns:  %w[
-      email
       email_always
       mailing_list_mode
       email_digests