diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/elstertransfer/user/OzgCloudElsterTransferUserReconciler.java b/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/elstertransfer/user/OzgCloudElsterTransferUserReconciler.java
index 0ad5218d9a380285979195b1db11df8bc45011e7..d08cf64bf47e03e719c8dab2a17b6c8f6b6a7bbb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/elstertransfer/user/OzgCloudElsterTransferUserReconciler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/elstertransfer/user/OzgCloudElsterTransferUserReconciler.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class OzgCloudElsterTransferUserReconciler implements Reconciler<OzgCloud
 				// Restart the deployment
 				elsterTransferUserService.restartDeployment(ETR_NAMESPACE, DEPLOYMENT_NAME);
 				// create or update secret
-				elsterTransferUserService.createOrUpdateSecret(namespace, psw);
+				elsterTransferUserService.createSecret(namespace, psw);
 
 			}
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class OzgCloudElsterTransferUserReconciler implements Reconciler<OzgCloud
 	DeleteControl deleteUser(String userLogin) {
 		LOG.info("{} do cleanup...", userLogin);
 		try {
-			elsterTransferUserService.deleteUserAndSecret(userLogin, CONFIG_MAP_NAME);
+			elsterTransferUserService.deleteUser(userLogin, CONFIG_MAP_NAME);
 			elsterTransferUserService.restartDeployment(ETR_NAMESPACE, DEPLOYMENT_NAME);
 			return DeleteControl.defaultDelete();
 		} catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/elstertransfer/user/OzgCloudElsterTransferUserRemoteService.java b/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/elstertransfer/user/OzgCloudElsterTransferUserRemoteService.java
index 34e5a238d8ea7f567031c45e4d9d31fd7a0d923c..ca51ddfde829a6f08e3532c6b454a9d4cd8675cc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/elstertransfer/user/OzgCloudElsterTransferUserRemoteService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/elstertransfer/user/OzgCloudElsterTransferUserRemoteService.java
@@ -49,11 +49,8 @@ public class OzgCloudElsterTransferUserRemoteService {
 		}
 	}
 
-	public void deleteUserSecret(String namespace) {
-		client.secrets().inNamespace(namespace).withName(SECRET_NAME).delete();
-	}
 
-	public void createOrUpdateSecret(String namespace, String psw) {
+	public void createSecret(String namespace, String psw) {
 		Secret secret = new SecretBuilder()
 				.withNewMetadata()
 				.withName(SECRET_NAME)
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/elstertransfer/user/OzgCloudElsterTransferUserService.java b/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/elstertransfer/user/OzgCloudElsterTransferUserService.java
index ccef0e9c5d5617af44542c7b6730018b1e535a78..a7469d8db67f588f04cb7071283e6b75f2ed7a44 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/elstertransfer/user/OzgCloudElsterTransferUserService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/elstertransfer/user/OzgCloudElsterTransferUserService.java
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public class OzgCloudElsterTransferUserService {
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	public void deleteUserAndSecret(String userLogin, String configMapName) {
+	public void deleteUser(String userLogin, String configMapName) {
 		try {
 			ConfigMap configMap = remoteService.getConfigMap(ETR_NAMESPACE, configMapName);
 
@@ -115,17 +115,14 @@ public class OzgCloudElsterTransferUserService {
 			remoteService.updateConfigMapData(configMap, USERS_KEY, updatedUsersYaml);
 			LOG.info("User with login '{}' removed from configmap successfully", userLogin);
 
-			remoteService.deleteUserSecret(userLogin);
-			LOG.info("User secret for  in namespace '{}' deleted successfully", userLogin);
-
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			LOG.error("Error while deleting user", e);
 		}
 	}
 
-	public void createOrUpdateSecret(String namespace, String psw) {
-		remoteService.createOrUpdateSecret(namespace, psw);
-		LOG.info("Secret for user in namespace '{}' created/updated successfully", namespace);
+	public void createSecret(String namespace, String psw) {
+		remoteService.createSecret(namespace, psw);
+		LOG.info("Secret for user in namespace '{}' created successfully", namespace);
 	}
 
 	Map<String, Object> getUsersMapFromConfigMap(ConfigMap configMap) {