diff --git a/lib/user_destroyer.rb b/lib/user_destroyer.rb
index dcc2bb0bd20..1df59eef435 100644
--- a/lib/user_destroyer.rb
+++ b/lib/user_destroyer.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class UserDestroyer
           Post.with_deleted.where(user_id: user.id).update_all("user_id = NULL")
 
           # If this user created categories, fix those up:
-          categories = Category.where(user_id: user.id).all
+          categories = Category.where(user_id: user.id)
           categories.each do |c|
             c.user_id = Discourse.system_user.id
             c.save!
@@ -63,4 +63,4 @@ class UserDestroyer
     end
   end
 
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end