diff --git a/pycroft/lib/user/__init__.py b/pycroft/lib/user/__init__.py
index f202f58cf..e6899742d 100644
--- a/pycroft/lib/user/__init__.py
+++ b/pycroft/lib/user/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from ._old import (
-    send_password_reset_mail,
-)
 from .user_id import (
     encode_type1_user_id,
     decode_type1_user_id,
@@ -70,6 +67,7 @@
     group_send_mail,
     send_member_request_merged_email,
     send_confirmation_email,
+    send_password_reset_mail,
 )
 from .mail_confirmation import (
     confirm_mail_address,
diff --git a/pycroft/lib/user/_old.py b/pycroft/lib/user/_old.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f26df4d5..000000000
--- a/pycroft/lib/user/_old.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2015 The Pycroft Authors. See the AUTHORS file.
-# This file is part of the Pycroft project and licensed under the terms of
-# the Apache License, Version 2.0. See the LICENSE file for details.
-"""
-pycroft.lib.user
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-This module contains.
-
-:copyright: (c) 2012 by AG DSN.
-"""
-import os
-
-
-from pycroft.helpers.user import generate_random_str
-from pycroft.lib.mail import (
-    UserResetPasswordTemplate,
-)
-from pycroft.model.session import with_transaction
-from pycroft.model.user import (
-    User,
-)
-
-from .mail import user_send_mail
-
-
-password_reset_url = os.getenv('PASSWORD_RESET_URL')
-
-
-@with_transaction
-def send_password_reset_mail(user: User) -> bool:
-    user.password_reset_token = generate_random_str(64)
-
-    if not password_reset_url:
-        raise ValueError("No url specified in PASSWORD_RESET_URL")
-
-    try:
-        user_send_mail(user, UserResetPasswordTemplate(
-                       password_reset_url=password_reset_url.format(user.password_reset_token)),
-                       use_internal=False)
-    except ValueError:
-        user.password_reset_token = None
-        return False
-
-    return True
diff --git a/pycroft/lib/user/mail.py b/pycroft/lib/user/mail.py
index d166dc5c9..f07dae99d 100644
--- a/pycroft/lib/user/mail.py
+++ b/pycroft/lib/user/mail.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     MailTemplate,
     Mail,
     UserConfirmEmailTemplate,
+    UserResetPasswordTemplate,
     MemberRequestMergedTemplate,
 )
 from pycroft.model import session
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@
 )
 
 mail_confirm_url = os.getenv("MAIL_CONFIRM_URL")
+password_reset_url = os.getenv("PASSWORD_RESET_URL")
 
 
 def format_user_mail(user: User, text: str) -> str:
@@ -159,3 +161,24 @@ def send_confirmation_email(user: BaseUser) -> None:
             email_confirm_url=mail_confirm_url.format(user.email_confirmation_key)
         ),
     )
+
+
+def send_password_reset_mail(user: User) -> bool:
+    user.password_reset_token = generate_random_str(64)
+
+    if not password_reset_url:
+        raise ValueError("No url specified in PASSWORD_RESET_URL")
+
+    try:
+        user_send_mail(
+            user,
+            UserResetPasswordTemplate(
+                password_reset_url=password_reset_url.format(user.password_reset_token)
+            ),
+            use_internal=False,
+        )
+    except ValueError:
+        user.password_reset_token = None
+        return False
+
+    return True
diff --git a/pycroft/lib/user/mail_confirmation.py b/pycroft/lib/user/mail_confirmation.py
index d5a6017e4..852d800b8 100644
--- a/pycroft/lib/user/mail_confirmation.py
+++ b/pycroft/lib/user/mail_confirmation.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 )
 
 from .member_request import finish_member_request
-from ._old import user_send_mail
+from .mail import user_send_mail
 
 
 @with_transaction
diff --git a/pycroft/lib/user/member_request.py b/pycroft/lib/user/member_request.py
index fb7745425..2baab4cc5 100644
--- a/pycroft/lib/user/member_request.py
+++ b/pycroft/lib/user/member_request.py
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@
     RoomHistoryEntry,
 )
 
-from ._old import (
-    user_send_mail,
-)
 from .edit import (
     edit_birthdate,
     edit_name,
@@ -48,6 +45,7 @@
 )
 from .mail import (
     send_confirmation_email,
+    user_send_mail,
 )
 from .user_id import (
     check_user_id,