diff --git a/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/users.go b/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/users.go
index c0bddc7775..47012c4112 100644
--- a/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/users.go
+++ b/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/users.go
@@ -188,10 +188,6 @@ func (g Graph) PostUser(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			errorcode.InvalidRequest.Render(w, r, http.StatusBadRequest, fmt.Sprintf("%v is not a valid email address", *u.Mail))
 			return
 		}
-	} else {
-		logger.Debug().Interface("user", u).Msg("could not create user: missing required Attribute: 'mail'")
-		errorcode.InvalidRequest.Render(w, r, http.StatusBadRequest, "missing required Attribute: 'mail'")
-		return
 	}
 
 	// Disallow user-supplied IDs. It's supposed to be readonly. We're either
diff --git a/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/users_test.go b/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/users_test.go
index d516782534..e3b1a5b8f2 100644
--- a/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/users_test.go
+++ b/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/users_test.go
@@ -512,9 +512,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Users", func() {
 		})
 
 		It("handles bad Mails", func() {
-			user.Mail = nil
-			assertHandleBadAttributes(user)
-
 			user.SetMail("not-a-mail-address")
 			assertHandleBadAttributes(user)
 		})
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/features/apiGraph/createUser.feature b/tests/acceptance/features/apiGraph/createUser.feature
index 1378a4be7d..cd62336c0f 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/features/apiGraph/createUser.feature
+++ b/tests/acceptance/features/apiGraph/createUser.feature
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Feature: create user
       | withoutPassSameEmail         | without pass     | alice@example.org   |                              | 200  | should     |
       | name                         | pass with space  | example@example.org | my pass                      | 200  | should     |
       | nameWithCharacters(*:!;_+-&) | user             | new@example.org     | 123                          | 400  | should not |
-      | withoutEmail                 | without email    |                     | 123                          | 400  | should not |
+      | withoutEmail                 | without email    |                     | 123                          | 200  | should     |
       | Alice                        | same userName    | new@example.org     | 123                          | 400  | should     |
       | name with space              | name with space  | example@example.org | 123                          | 400  | should not |