diff --git a/core/js/js.js b/core/js/js.js
index d4d2583f1e537c28272f528594d8bef2284ee893..3b3e0e99455c71b68678098040b4af9bcc7c5e80 100644
--- a/core/js/js.js
+++ b/core/js/js.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ var oc_webroot;
 
 var oc_current_user = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].getAttribute('data-user');
 var oc_requesttoken = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].getAttribute('data-requesttoken');
+var oc_isadmin = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].getAttribute('data-isAdmin');
 
 window.oc_config = window.oc_config || {};
 
diff --git a/core/templates/layout.user.php b/core/templates/layout.user.php
index bc1c700402ee1bd25fbdb8a50b2a1d09015e2329..d46f97852ccd33deb3f689faa3dcd90a95a504d3 100644
--- a/core/templates/layout.user.php
+++ b/core/templates/layout.user.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 <!--[if gt IE 9]><html class="ng-csp ie"><![endif]-->
 <!--[if !IE]><!--><html class="ng-csp"><!--<![endif]-->
 
-	<head data-user="<?php p($_['user_uid']); ?>" data-requesttoken="<?php p($_['requesttoken']); ?>">
+	<head data-isAdmin="<?php p(OC_User::isAdminUser(OC_User::getUser()) ? 'true' : 'false'); ?>" data-user="<?php p($_['user_uid']); ?>" data-requesttoken="<?php p($_['requesttoken']); ?>">
 		<title>
 			<?php
 				p(!empty($_['application'])?$_['application'].' - ':'');
diff --git a/settings/js/isadmin.php b/settings/js/isadmin.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 13a8ba1d312d8f7fcd3751c895ee60fb79f6a29b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/settings/js/isadmin.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2013 Lukas Reschke <lukas@statuscode.ch>
- * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
- * later.
- * See the COPYING-README file.
- */
-
-// Set the content type to Javascript
-header("Content-type: text/javascript");
-
-// Disallow caching
-header("Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate"); 
-header("Expires: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT"); 
-
-if (OC_User::isAdminUser(OC_User::getUser())) {
-	echo("var isadmin = true;");
-} else {
-	echo("var isadmin = false;");
-}
diff --git a/settings/js/users.js b/settings/js/users.js
index 6886db668b501ef626eba7108ce6c554764918a6..9872fb27e61df3713421ae3757892c29f586f964 100644
--- a/settings/js/users.js
+++ b/settings/js/users.js
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ var UserList = {
 					if (user === OC.currentUser && group === 'admin') {
 						return false;
 					}
-					if (!isadmin && checked.length === 1 && checked[0] === group) {
+					if (!oc_isadmin && checked.length === 1 && checked[0] === group) {
 						return false;
 					}
 					$.post(
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ var UserList = {
 				});
 			};
 			var label;
-			if (isadmin) {
+			if (oc_isadmin) {
 				label = t('settings', 'add group');
 			} else {
 				label = null;
diff --git a/settings/routes.php b/settings/routes.php
index 60f9d8e100193c87fcb248021bb9efde135982bd..895a9f5ccead91916334d751ffb70c3ada84648d 100644
--- a/settings/routes.php
+++ b/settings/routes.php
@@ -72,5 +72,3 @@ $this->create('settings_ajax_setloglevel', '/settings/ajax/setloglevel.php')
 	->actionInclude('settings/ajax/setloglevel.php');
 $this->create('settings_ajax_setsecurity', '/settings/ajax/setsecurity.php')
 	->actionInclude('settings/ajax/setsecurity.php');
-$this->create('isadmin', '/settings/js/isadmin.js')
-	->actionInclude('settings/js/isadmin.php');
diff --git a/settings/templates/users.php b/settings/templates/users.php
index aabda0fac2f0c80b23e6ddd472bf713493575ecd..937b40611b042a0791ee70df572cc6a261b117db 100644
--- a/settings/templates/users.php
+++ b/settings/templates/users.php
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ unset($items['admin']);
 $_['subadmingroups'] = array_flip($items);
 ?>
 
-<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php print_unescaped(OC_Helper::linkToRoute('isadmin'));?>"></script>
-
 <div id="controls">
 	<form id="newuser" autocomplete="off">
 		<input id="newusername" type="text" placeholder="<?php p($l->t('Login Name'))?>" /> <input