diff --git a/src/controllers/api.js b/src/controllers/api.js
index ac8201fd7..b4cd45475 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api.js
+++ b/src/controllers/api.js
@@ -57,87 +57,6 @@ apiController.reports = apiReportsV1
 apiController.settings = apiSettingsV1
 apiController.plugins = apiPluginsV1
 
-apiController.import = function (req, res) {
-  var fs = require('fs')
-  var path = require('path')
-  var UserModal = require('../models/user')
-  var groupModel = require('../models/group')
-
-  var array = fs
-    .readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'import.csv'))
-    .toString()
-    .split('\n')
-  var clean = array.filter(function (e) {
-    return e
-  })
-
-  async.eachSeries(
-    clean,
-    function (item, cb) {
-      winston.info(item)
-
-      var fields = item.split(',')
-      var fullname = fields[0].toString().replace('.', ' ')
-      var k = fullname.split(' ')
-      var kCap = _.capitalize(k[0])
-      var kCap1 = _.capitalize(k[1])
-      fullname = kCap + ' ' + kCap1
-
-      var groupName = fields[2].replace('\\r', '')
-      groupName = _.trim(groupName)
-      var User = new UserModal({
-        username: fields[0],
-        password: 'Password123',
-        email: fields[1],
-        fullname: fullname,
-        role: 'user'
-      })
-
-      async.series(
-        [
-          function (next) {
-            User.save(function (err) {
-              if (err) return next(err)
-
-              next()
-            })
-          },
-          function (next) {
-            winston.debug('Getting Group "' + groupName + '"')
-            groupModel.getGroupByName(groupName, function (err, group) {
-              if (err) return next(err)
-
-              if (_.isUndefined(group) || _.isNull(group)) {
-                return next('no group found = ' + groupName)
-              }
-
-              group.addMember(User._id, function (err) {
-                if (err) return next(err)
-
-                group.save(function (err) {
-                  if (err) return next(err)
-
-                  next()
-                })
-              })
-            })
-          }
-        ],
-        function (err) {
-          if (err) return cb(err)
-
-          cb()
-        }
-      )
-    },
-    function (err) {
-      if (err) return res.status(500).send(err)
-
-      res.status(200).send('Imported ' + _.size(clean))
-    }
-  )
-}
-
 /**
  * Redirects to login page
  * @param {object} req Express Request
diff --git a/src/socketio/accountImportSocket.js b/src/socketio/accountImportSocket.js
index ec4fb34a7..92b46bb08 100644
--- a/src/socketio/accountImportSocket.js
+++ b/src/socketio/accountImportSocket.js
@@ -288,10 +288,26 @@ events.onImportLDAP = function (socket) {
 
     var addedUsers = data.addedUsers
     var updatedUsers = data.updatedUsers
-
+    var defaultUserRole = null
     var completedCount = 0
+
     async.series(
       [
+        function (next) {
+          var settingSchema = require('../models/setting')
+          settingSchema.getSetting('role:user:default', function (err, setting) {
+            if (err || !setting) {
+              utils.sendToSelf(socket, '$trudesk:accounts:import:error', {
+                error: 'Default user role not set. Please contact an Administrator.'
+              })
+
+              return next('Default user role not set. Please contact an Administrator')
+            }
+
+            defaultUserRole = setting.value
+            return next()
+          })
+        },
         function (next) {
           async.eachSeries(
             addedUsers,
@@ -313,7 +329,7 @@ events.onImportLDAP = function (socket) {
                 fullname: lu.displayName,
                 email: lu.mail,
                 title: lu.title,
-                role: 'user',
+                role: defaultUserRole,
                 password: 'Password1!'
               })