diff --git a/evennia/objects/objects.py b/evennia/objects/objects.py
index 04bbad6206..de9d09abae 100644
--- a/evennia/objects/objects.py
+++ b/evennia/objects/objects.py
@@ -2066,9 +2066,6 @@ class DefaultCharacter(DefaultObject):
         # Set the supplied key as the name of the intended object
         kwargs["key"] = key
 
-        # Get home for character
-        kwargs["home"] = ObjectDB.objects.get_id(kwargs.get("home", settings.DEFAULT_HOME))
-
         # Get permissions
         kwargs["permissions"] = kwargs.get("permissions", settings.PERMISSION_ACCOUNT_DEFAULT)
 
diff --git a/evennia/utils/create.py b/evennia/utils/create.py
index f4a5810fbd..5076f60ee3 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/create.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/create.py
@@ -486,8 +486,8 @@ def create_account(
 
     Args:
         key (str): The account's name. This should be unique.
-        email (str or None): Email on valid addr@addr.domain form. If 
-            the empty string, will be set to None. 
+        email (str or None): Email on valid addr@addr.domain form. If
+            the empty string, will be set to None.
         password (str): Password in cleartext.
 
     Kwargs: