diff --git a/wp-admin/admin-functions.php b/wp-admin/admin-functions.php
index ac29725254..6498cbad0c 100644
--- a/wp-admin/admin-functions.php
+++ b/wp-admin/admin-functions.php
@@ -301,6 +301,36 @@ function wp_delete_category($cat_ID) {
 	return 1;
 }
 
+function wp_delete_user($id) {
+	global $wpdb;
+
+	$id = (int) $id;
+
+	$post_ids = $wpdb->get_col("SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_author = $id");
+
+	if ($post_ids) {
+		$post_ids = implode(',', $post_ids);
+		
+		// Delete comments, *backs
+		$wpdb->query("DELETE FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_post_ID IN ($post_ids)");
+		// Clean cats
+		$wpdb->query("DELETE FROM $wpdb->post2cat WHERE post_id IN ($post_ids)");
+		// Clean post_meta
+		$wpdb->query("DELETE FROM $wpdb->postmeta WHERE post_id IN ($post_ids)");
+		// Clean links
+		$wpdb->query("DELETE FROM $wpdb->links WHERE link_owner = $id");
+		// Delete posts
+		$wpdb->query("DELETE FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_author = $id");
+	}
+
+	// FINALLY, delete user
+	$wpdb->query("DELETE FROM $wpdb->users WHERE ID = $id");
+
+	do_action('delete_user', $id);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 function url_shorten ($url) {
 	$short_url = str_replace('http://', '', stripslashes($url));
 	$short_url = str_replace('www.', '', $short_url);
diff --git a/wp-admin/users.php b/wp-admin/users.php
index 07994cd01d..f745086a81 100644
--- a/wp-admin/users.php
+++ b/wp-admin/users.php
@@ -135,24 +135,8 @@ case 'delete':
 	if ($user_level <= $usertodelete_level)
 		die(__('Can&#8217;t delete a user whose level is higher than yours.'));
 
-	$post_ids = $wpdb->get_col("SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_author = $id");
-	if ($post_ids) {
-		$post_ids = implode(',', $post_ids);
-		
-		// Delete comments, *backs
-		$wpdb->query("DELETE FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_post_ID IN ($post_ids)");
-		// Clean cats
-		$wpdb->query("DELETE FROM $wpdb->post2cat WHERE post_id IN ($post_ids)");
-		// Clean post_meta
-		$wpdb->query("DELETE FROM $wpdb->postmeta WHERE post_id IN ($post_ids)");
-		// Clean links
-		$wpdb->query("DELETE FROM $wpdb->links WHERE link_owner = $id");
-		// Delete posts
-		$wpdb->query("DELETE FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_author = $id");
-	}
+	wp_delete_user($id);
 
-	// FINALLY, delete user
-	$wpdb->query("DELETE FROM $wpdb->users WHERE ID = $id");
 	header('Location: users.php?deleted=true');
 
 break;