diff --git a/src/metabase/models/setting.clj b/src/metabase/models/setting.clj
index a8a404c686bc3c14353484ee03bdee88db97b409..222767315eedc31f0d10f1dd3e15eed880c15f46 100644
--- a/src/metabase/models/setting.clj
+++ b/src/metabase/models/setting.clj
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
                             (or (nil? tracking?) (= "true" tracking?)))
    :site_name             (get :site-name)
    :email_configured      (not (s/blank? (or (get :email-smtp-host) (get-from-env-var :email-smtp-host))))
-   :admin_email           (sel :one :field ['User :email] (k/where {:is_superuser true :is_active true}))})
+   :admin_email           (get :admin-email)})
 
 ;; # IMPLEMENTATION