diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/engine/command/impl/MergeInAccountCommand.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/engine/command/impl/MergeInAccountCommand.java
index 1ec51764d73..03f4dceef88 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/engine/command/impl/MergeInAccountCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/engine/command/impl/MergeInAccountCommand.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.UserNotification;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.authorization.AuthenticatedUserLookup;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.authorization.providers.builtin.BuiltinUser;
-import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.authorization.providers.oauth2.OAuth2TokenData;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.authorization.users.ApiToken;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.authorization.users.AuthenticatedUser;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.batch.util.LoggingUtil;
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.engine.command.RequiredPermissions;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.engine.command.exception.CommandException;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.engine.command.exception.IllegalCommandException;
-import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.passwordreset.PasswordResetData;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.search.IndexResponse;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.search.savedsearch.SavedSearch;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.workflows.WorkflowComment;
@@ -177,6 +175,7 @@ protected void executeImpl(CommandContext ctxt) throws CommandException {
         
         ctxt.em().createNativeQuery("Delete from OAuth2TokenData where user_id ="+consumedAU.getId()).executeUpdate();
         
+        ctxt.em().createNativeQuery("DELETE FROM explicitgroup_authenticateduser consumed USING explicitgroup_authenticateduser ongoing WHERE consumed.containedauthenticatedusers_id="+ongoingAU.getId()+" AND ongoing.containedauthenticatedusers_id="+consumedAU.getId()).executeUpdate();
         ctxt.em().createNativeQuery("UPDATE explicitgroup_authenticateduser SET containedauthenticatedusers_id="+ongoingAU.getId()+" WHERE containedauthenticatedusers_id="+consumedAU.getId()).executeUpdate();
         
         ctxt.actionLog().changeUserIdentifierInHistory(consumedAU.getIdentifier(), ongoingAU.getIdentifier());
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/UsersIT.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/UsersIT.java
index 5880b08e5c2..0189ffd6e58 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/UsersIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/UsersIT.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.authorization.DataverseRole;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.settings.SettingsServiceBean;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import jakarta.json.Json;
@@ -206,15 +207,13 @@ public void testMergeAccounts(){
         String aliasInOwner = "groupFor" + dataverseAlias;
         String displayName = "Group for " + dataverseAlias;
         String user2identifier = "@" + usernameConsumed;
+        String target2identifier = "@" + targetname;
         Response createGroup = UtilIT.createGroup(dataverseAlias, aliasInOwner, displayName, superuserApiToken);
         createGroup.prettyPrint();
         createGroup.then().assertThat()
                 .statusCode(CREATED.getStatusCode());
 
-        String groupIdentifier = JsonPath.from(createGroup.asString()).getString("data.identifier");
-
-        List<String> roleAssigneesToAdd = new ArrayList<>();
-        roleAssigneesToAdd.add(user2identifier);
+        List<String> roleAssigneesToAdd = Arrays.asList(user2identifier, target2identifier);
         Response addToGroup = UtilIT.addToGroup(dataverseAlias, aliasInOwner, roleAssigneesToAdd, superuserApiToken);
         addToGroup.prettyPrint();
         addToGroup.then().assertThat()