diff --git a/packages/cli/src/PublicApi/helpers.ts b/packages/cli/src/PublicApi/helpers.ts
index 4d59970dfb..27a001367b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/PublicApi/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/PublicApi/helpers.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import express = require('express');
 import * as SwaggerParser from '@apidevtools/swagger-parser';
 import { In } from 'typeorm';
 import { validate as uuidValidate } from 'uuid';
-import { Workflow } from 'n8n-workflow';
-import { worker } from 'cluster';
 import { User } from '../databases/entities/User';
 import type { Role } from '../databases/entities/Role';
 import { ActiveWorkflowRunner, Db, InternalHooksManager, ITelemetryUserDeletionData } from '..';
@@ -71,12 +69,6 @@ export const connectionName = (): string => {
 	return 'default';
 };
 
-export const clean = (users: User[], options?: { includeRole: boolean }): Array<Partial<User>> => {
-	return users.map((user) =>
-		pick(user, getSelectableProperties('user').concat(options?.includeRole ? ['globalRole'] : [])),
-	);
-};
-
 const middlewareDefined = (operationId: OperationID, middlewares: IMiddlewares) =>
 	operationId && middlewares[operationId];
 
@@ -344,3 +336,24 @@ export async function deleteDataAndSendTelemetry(data: {
 	await deleteWorkflowsAndCredentials(data);
 	await sendUserDeleteTelemetry(data);
 }
+
+export function clean(user: User, options?: { includeRole: boolean }): Partial<User>;
+export function clean(users: User[], options?: { includeRole: boolean }): Array<Partial<User>>;
+
+export function clean(
+	users: User[] | User,
+	options?: { includeRole: boolean },
+): Array<Partial<User>> | Partial<User> {
+	if (Array.isArray(users)) {
+		return users.map((user) =>
+			pick(
+				user,
+				getSelectableProperties('user').concat(options?.includeRole ? ['globalRole'] : []),
+			),
+		);
+	}
+	return pick(
+		users,
+		getSelectableProperties('user').concat(options?.includeRole ? ['globalRole'] : []),
+	);
+}
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/PublicApi/v1/routes/Users/index.ts b/packages/cli/src/PublicApi/v1/routes/Users/index.ts
index 9fd36e36f7..543a1d41ae 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/PublicApi/v1/routes/Users/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/PublicApi/v1/routes/Users/index.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export = {
 				toUser: transferee,
 			});
 
-			return clean([userToDelete]).pop();
+			return clean(userToDelete);
 		}
 
 		await deleteDataAndSendTelemetry({
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export = {
 			transferId,
 		});
 
-		return clean([userToDelete], { includeRole }).pop();
+		return clean(userToDelete);
 	},
 	// eslint-disable-next-line consistent-return
 	getUser: async (req: UserRequest.Get, res: express.Response): Promise<any> => {