diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/root.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/root.go
index 49aac3af5f..a29886b5b2 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/root.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ var RootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			}
 		}
 		userName := viper.GetString(config.UserFlag)
-		if !config.UserNameValid(userName) {
+		if !validateUsername(userName) {
 			out.WarningT("User name '{{.username}}' is not valid", out.V{"username": userName})
 			exit.Message(reason.Usage, "User name must be 60 chars or less.")
 		}
@@ -291,3 +291,7 @@ func addToPath(dir string) {
 	klog.Infof("Updating PATH: %s", dir)
 	os.Setenv("PATH", new)
 }
+
+func validateUsername(name string) bool {
+	return len(name) <= 60
+}
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/config/user.go b/pkg/minikube/config/user.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 3cbd340874..0000000000
--- a/pkg/minikube/config/user.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package config
-
-// UserNameValid checks if the user name is valid.
-func UserNameValid(name string) bool {
-	return len(name) <= 60
-}
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/config/user_test.go b/pkg/minikube/config/user_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 57994fed5c..0000000000
--- a/pkg/minikube/config/user_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package config
-
-import (
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestUser(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Run("Length", func(t *testing.T) {
-		tests := []struct {
-			in   string
-			want bool
-		}{
-			{strings.Repeat("a", 60), true},
-			{strings.Repeat("a", 61), false},
-		}
-
-		for _, tt := range tests {
-			got := UserNameValid(tt.in)
-
-			if got != tt.want {
-				t.Errorf("UserNameValid(%q, length: %d) = %t; want %t", tt.in, len(tt.in), got, tt.want)
-			}
-		}
-	})
-}