diff --git a/script/import_scripts/base.rb b/script/import_scripts/base.rb
index 2546b661eae..ead0601395c 100644
--- a/script/import_scripts/base.rb
+++ b/script/import_scripts/base.rb
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ class ImportScripts::Base
 
         if user_id_from_imported_user_id(import_id)
           skipped += 1
-        elsif u[:email].present?
+        else
           new_user = create_user(u, import_id)
           created_user(new_user)
 
@@ -270,9 +270,6 @@ class ImportScripts::Base
               end
             end
           end
-        else
-          failed += 1
-          puts "Skipping user id #{import_id} because email is blank"
         end
       end
 
@@ -314,8 +311,8 @@ class ImportScripts::Base
       opts[:username] = UserNameSuggester.suggest(opts[:username] || opts[:name].presence || opts[:email])
     end
 
-    unless opts[:email].match(EmailValidator.email_regex)
-      opts[:email] = "invalid#{SecureRandom.hex}@no-email.invalid"
+    unless opts[:email][EmailValidator.email_regex]
+      opts[:email] = fake_email
       puts "Invalid email #{original_email} for #{opts[:username]}. Using: #{opts[:email]}"
     end
 
@@ -881,4 +878,8 @@ class ImportScripts::Base
       offset += batch_size
     end
   end
+
+  def fake_email
+    SecureRandom.hex << "@domain.com"
+  end
 end
diff --git a/script/import_scripts/lithium.rb b/script/import_scripts/lithium.rb
index 442df14f8a4..834f97cec28 100644
--- a/script/import_scripts/lithium.rb
+++ b/script/import_scripts/lithium.rb
@@ -1032,10 +1032,6 @@ SQL
     html
   end
 
-  def fake_email
-    SecureRandom.hex << "@domain.com"
-  end
-
   def mysql_query(sql)
     @client.query(sql, cache_rows: true)
   end
diff --git a/script/import_scripts/nodebb/nodebb.rb b/script/import_scripts/nodebb/nodebb.rb
index 1c9acfef222..3e5c616a5d6 100644
--- a/script/import_scripts/nodebb/nodebb.rb
+++ b/script/import_scripts/nodebb/nodebb.rb
@@ -518,10 +518,6 @@ class ImportScripts::NodeBB < ImportScripts::Base
 
     raw
   end
-
-  def fake_email
-    SecureRandom.hex << "@domain.com"
-  end
 end
 
 ImportScripts::NodeBB.new.perform
diff --git a/script/import_scripts/question2answer.rb b/script/import_scripts/question2answer.rb
index 49eb3eddc51..f9d248791b5 100644
--- a/script/import_scripts/question2answer.rb
+++ b/script/import_scripts/question2answer.rb
@@ -551,10 +551,6 @@ EOM
     Time.zone.at(@tz.utc_to_local(timestamp))
   end
 
-  def fake_email
-    SecureRandom.hex << "@domain.com"
-  end
-
   def mysql_query(sql)
     @client.query(sql, cache_rows: true)
   end
diff --git a/script/import_scripts/vbulletin.rb b/script/import_scripts/vbulletin.rb
index ce1af98c963..092d8d536bd 100644
--- a/script/import_scripts/vbulletin.rb
+++ b/script/import_scripts/vbulletin.rb
@@ -931,10 +931,6 @@ EOM
     Time.zone.at(@tz.utc_to_local(timestamp))
   end
 
-  def fake_email
-    SecureRandom.hex << "@domain.com"
-  end
-
   def mysql_query(sql)
     @client.query(sql, cache_rows: true)
   end
diff --git a/script/import_scripts/vbulletin5.rb b/script/import_scripts/vbulletin5.rb
index 36a46745b5d..1bab839561b 100644
--- a/script/import_scripts/vbulletin5.rb
+++ b/script/import_scripts/vbulletin5.rb
@@ -621,10 +621,6 @@ class ImportScripts::VBulletin < ImportScripts::Base
     Time.zone.at(@tz.utc_to_local(timestamp))
   end
 
-  def fake_email
-    SecureRandom.hex << "@domain.com"
-  end
-
   def mysql_query(sql)
     @client.query(sql, cache_rows: false)
   end