diff --git a/docs/apps.md b/docs/apps.md
index fdcf5c4..dc70830 100644
--- a/docs/apps.md
+++ b/docs/apps.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Apps
 
 Apps are a way to group database models and API routes that contextually belong together.
-For example, OhMyAPI comes bundled with an `auth` app that carries a `User` and `Group` model and provides API endpoints for JWT authentication.
+For example, OhMyAPI comes bundled with an `auth` app that carries a `User` model and provides API endpoints for JWT authentication.
 
 Apps help organizing projects by isolating individual components (or "features") from one another.
 
diff --git a/src/ohmyapi/builtin/auth/models.py b/src/ohmyapi/builtin/auth/models.py
index 2d58ce1..b9785c7 100644
--- a/src/ohmyapi/builtin/auth/models.py
+++ b/src/ohmyapi/builtin/auth/models.py
@@ -1,27 +1,16 @@
-from functools import wraps
-from secrets import token_bytes
-from typing import List, Optional
-from uuid import UUID
-
-from passlib.context import CryptContext
-from tortoise.contrib.pydantic import pydantic_queryset_creator
-
 from ohmyapi.db import Model, field, Q
 from ohmyapi.router import HTTPException
 
 from .utils import hmac_hash
 
+from datetime import datetime
+from passlib.context import CryptContext
+from typing import Optional
+from uuid import UUID
+
 pwd_context = CryptContext(schemes=["argon2"], deprecated="auto")
 
 
-class Group(Model):
-    id: UUID = field.data.UUIDField(pk=True)
-    name: str = field.CharField(max_length=42, index=True)
-
-    def __str__(self):
-        return self.name if self.name else ""
-
-
 class User(Model):
     id: UUID = field.data.UUIDField(pk=True)
     username: str = field.CharField(max_length=150, unique=True)
@@ -29,20 +18,22 @@ class User(Model):
     password_hash: str = field.CharField(max_length=128)
     is_admin: bool = field.BooleanField(default=False)
     is_staff: bool = field.BooleanField(default=False)
-    groups: field.ManyToManyRelation[Group] = field.ManyToManyField(
-        "ohmyapi_auth.Group",
-        related_name="users",
-        through="ohmyapi_auth.UserGroups",
-        forward_key="user_id",
-        backward_key="group_id",
-    )
+    created_at: datetime = field.DatetimeField(auto_now_add=True)
+    updated_at: datetime = field.DatetimeField(auto_now=True)
 
     class Schema:
-        exclude = ["password_hash", "email_hash"]
+        include = {
+            "id",
+            "username",
+            "is_admin",
+            "is_staff"
+            "created_at",
+            "updated_at",
+        }
 
     def __str__(self):
         fields = {
-            'username': self.username if self.username else "-",
+            'username': self.username,
             'is_admin': 'y' if self.is_admin else 'n',
             'is_staff': 'y' if self.is_staff else 'n',
         }
@@ -67,20 +58,3 @@ class User(Model):
         if user and user.verify_password(password):
             return user
         return None
-
-
-class UserGroups(Model):
-    user: field.ForeignKeyRelation[User] = field.ForeignKeyField(
-        "ohmyapi_auth.User",
-        related_name="user_groups",
-        index=True,
-    )
-    group: field.ForeignKeyRelation[Group] = field.ForeignKeyField(
-        "ohmyapi_auth.Group",
-        related_name="group_users",
-        index=True,
-    )
-
-    class Meta:
-        table = "ohmyapi_auth_user_groups"
-        constraints = [("UNIQUE", ("user_id", "group_id"))]
diff --git a/src/ohmyapi/builtin/auth/routes.py b/src/ohmyapi/builtin/auth/routes.py
index 0104a4e..3fa2651 100644
--- a/src/ohmyapi/builtin/auth/routes.py
+++ b/src/ohmyapi/builtin/auth/routes.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from fastapi.security.utils import get_authorization_scheme_param
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 from tortoise.exceptions import DoesNotExist
 
-from ohmyapi.builtin.auth.models import Group, User
+from ohmyapi.builtin.auth.models import User
 
 import jwt
 import settings
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class TokenType(str, Enum):
     refresh = "refresh"
 
 
-def claims(token_type: TokenType, user: User, groups: List[Group] = []) -> Claims:
+def claims(token_type: TokenType, user: User = []) -> Claims:
     return Claims(
         type=token_type,
         sub=str(user.id),
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ def claims(token_type: TokenType, user: User, groups: List[Group] = []) -> Claim
             is_admin=user.is_admin,
             is_staff=user.is_staff,
         ),
-        roles=[g.name for g in groups],
         exp="",
     )