diff --git a/frontend/src/api/users.ts b/frontend/src/api/users.ts
index 56e1d0f3..0876a1ef 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/users.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/api/users.ts
@@ -42,8 +42,15 @@ export async function update(
   });
 }
 
-export async function remove(id: number) {
+export async function remove(
+  id: number,
+  currentPassword: string | null = null
+) {
   await fetchURL(`/api/users/${id}`, {
     method: "DELETE",
+    body: JSON.stringify({
+      what: "user",
+      ...(currentPassword != null ? { current_password: currentPassword } : {}),
+    }),
   });
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/settings/Profile.vue b/frontend/src/views/settings/Profile.vue
index 328b2f1a..6028acd6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/settings/Profile.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/settings/Profile.vue
@@ -96,11 +96,12 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { useAuthStore } from "@/stores/auth";
 import { useLayoutStore } from "@/stores/layout";
-import { users as api, settings } from "@/api";
+import { users as api } from "@/api";
 import AceEditorTheme from "@/components/settings/AceEditorTheme.vue";
 import Languages from "@/components/settings/Languages.vue";
 import { computed, inject, onMounted, ref } from "vue";
 import { useI18n } from "vue-i18n";
+import { authMethod } from "@/utils/constants";
 
 const layoutStore = useLayoutStore();
 const authStore = useAuthStore();
@@ -142,7 +143,6 @@ onMounted(async () => {
   dateFormat.value = authStore.user.dateFormat;
   aceEditorTheme.value = authStore.user.aceEditorTheme;
   layoutStore.loading = false;
-  const { authMethod } = await settings.get();
   isCurrentPasswordRequired.value = authMethod == "json";
 
   return true;
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/settings/User.vue b/frontend/src/views/settings/User.vue
index be46fabb..77786e2a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/settings/User.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/settings/User.vue
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ import { computed, inject, onMounted, ref, watch } from "vue";
 import { useRoute, useRouter } from "vue-router";
 import { useI18n } from "vue-i18n";
 import { StatusError } from "@/api/utils";
+import { authMethod } from "@/utils/constants";
 
 const error = ref<StatusError>();
 const originalUser = ref<IUser>();
@@ -105,11 +106,7 @@ const fetchData = async () => {
 
   try {
     if (isNew.value) {
-      const {
-        authMethod,
-        defaults,
-        createUserDir: _createUserDir,
-      } = await settings.get();
+      const { defaults, createUserDir: _createUserDir } = await settings.get();
       isCurrentPasswordRequired.value = authMethod == "json";
       createUserDir.value = _createUserDir;
       user.value = {
@@ -146,7 +143,7 @@ const deleteUser = async (e: Event) => {
     return false;
   }
   try {
-    await api.remove(user.value.id);
+    await api.remove(user.value.id, currentPassword.value);
     router.push({ path: "/settings/users" });
     $showSuccess(t("settings.userDeleted"));
   } catch (err) {
diff --git a/http/users.go b/http/users.go
index adae7729..a1ebf9bd 100644
--- a/http/users.go
+++ b/http/users.go
@@ -103,8 +103,19 @@ var userGetHandler = withSelfOrAdmin(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 	return renderJSON(w, r, u)
 })
 
-var userDeleteHandler = withSelfOrAdmin(func(_ http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request, d *data) (int, error) {
-	err := d.store.Users.Delete(d.raw.(uint))
+var userDeleteHandler = withSelfOrAdmin(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, d *data) (int, error) {
+	req, err := getUser(w, r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return http.StatusBadRequest, err
+	}
+
+	if d.settings.AuthMethod == auth.MethodJSONAuth {
+		if !users.CheckPwd(req.CurrentPassword, d.user.Password) {
+			return http.StatusBadRequest, fberrors.ErrCurrentPasswordIncorrect
+		}
+	}
+
+	err = d.store.Users.Delete(d.raw.(uint))
 	if err != nil {
 		return errToStatus(err), err
 	}