diff --git a/docs/man/maddy-auth.5.scd b/docs/man/maddy-auth.5.scd
index 3f214d68..df52ac59 100644
--- a/docs/man/maddy-auth.5.scd
+++ b/docs/man/maddy-auth.5.scd
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ Most likely, you are going to use these modules with 'auth' directive of IMAP
 sql module described in *maddy-storage*(5) can also be used as a authentication
 backend.
 
-The authorization identtity is the same as authorization identity.
+The authorization identity is required to be a valid RFC 5321 e-mail address.
+It is returned as the authorization identity.
 
 # External authentication module (extauth)
 
@@ -78,13 +79,6 @@ maddy should be built with libpam build tag to use this module without
 go get -tags 'libpam' ...
 ```
 
-By default, when checking with the PAM database, the username provided by
-client is expected to be a RFC 5321 e-mail address and the domain part and
-at-sign is removed. To disable that behavior and pass username as-is to
-libpam, set 'expect_address' to 'no'. Note that currently implemented storage
-backends require full e-mail address as an account name, so this is still not
-possible to use accounts with non-address names.
-
 The authorization identtity is the same as authorization identity.
 
 ```
@@ -126,10 +120,6 @@ chmod u+xs,g+x,o-x /usr/lib/maddy/maddy-pam-helper
 Implements authentication by reading /etc/shadow. Alternatively it can be
 configured to use helper binary like extauth does.
 
-When checking with the PAM database, the username provided by client is
-expected to be a RFC 5321 e-mail address and the domain part and at-sign is
-removed.
-
 The authorization identtity is the same as authorization identity.
 
 ```
diff --git a/internal/auth/pam/module.go b/internal/auth/pam/module.go
index 84d8e1e8..ca423408 100644
--- a/internal/auth/pam/module.go
+++ b/internal/auth/pam/module.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
-	"github.com/foxcpp/maddy/internal/address"
 	"github.com/foxcpp/maddy/internal/auth/external"
 	"github.com/foxcpp/maddy/internal/config"
 	"github.com/foxcpp/maddy/internal/log"
@@ -14,10 +13,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Auth struct {
-	instName      string
-	useHelper     bool
-	helperPath    string
-	expectAddress bool
+	instName   string
+	useHelper  bool
+	helperPath string
 
 	Log log.Logger
 }
@@ -43,7 +41,6 @@ func (a *Auth) InstanceName() string {
 func (a *Auth) Init(cfg *config.Map) error {
 	cfg.Bool("debug", true, false, &a.Log.Debug)
 	cfg.Bool("use_helper", false, false, &a.useHelper)
-	cfg.Bool("expect_address", false, false, &a.expectAddress)
 	if _, err := cfg.Process(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -62,23 +59,12 @@ func (a *Auth) Init(cfg *config.Map) error {
 }
 
 func (a *Auth) AuthPlain(username, password string) ([]string, error) {
-	var accountName string
-	if a.expectAddress {
-		var err error
-		accountName, _, err = address.Split(username)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	} else {
-		accountName = username
-	}
-
 	if a.useHelper {
-		if err := external.AuthUsingHelper(a.helperPath, accountName, password); err != nil {
+		if err := external.AuthUsingHelper(a.helperPath, username, password); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
-	err := runPAMAuth(accountName, password)
+	err := runPAMAuth(username, password)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/auth/shadow/module.go b/internal/auth/shadow/module.go
index 78dce319..5812b70e 100644
--- a/internal/auth/shadow/module.go
+++ b/internal/auth/shadow/module.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
-	"github.com/foxcpp/maddy/internal/address"
 	"github.com/foxcpp/maddy/internal/auth/external"
 	"github.com/foxcpp/maddy/internal/config"
 	"github.com/foxcpp/maddy/internal/log"
@@ -68,16 +67,11 @@ func (a *Auth) Init(cfg *config.Map) error {
 }
 
 func (a *Auth) AuthPlain(username, password string) ([]string, error) {
-	accountName, _, err := address.Split(username)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	if a.useHelper {
-		return []string{username}, external.AuthUsingHelper(a.helperPath, accountName, password)
+		return []string{username}, external.AuthUsingHelper(a.helperPath, username, password)
 	}
 
-	ent, err := Lookup(accountName)
+	ent, err := Lookup(username)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}