diff --git a/ditto/twitter/ingest.py b/ditto/twitter/ingest.py
index 41a68e1..663fc66 100644
--- a/ditto/twitter/ingest.py
+++ b/ditto/twitter/ingest.py
@@ -281,8 +281,6 @@ def _construct_user_data(self, directory):
                 "name": account_data[0]["account"]["accountDisplayName"],
                 "profile_image_url_https": profile_data[0]["profile"]["avatarMediaUrl"],
                 "verified": verified_data[0]["verified"]["verified"],
-                # TODO:
-                "protected": False,
                 # So that we don't mistake this for coming from the API when
                 # we save the JSON:
                 "ditto_note": (
diff --git a/tests/twitter/test_ingest_v2.py b/tests/twitter/test_ingest_v2.py
index 7657ffa..119fc30 100644
--- a/tests/twitter/test_ingest_v2.py
+++ b/tests/twitter/test_ingest_v2.py
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ def test_saves_user_data(self):
                 "name": "Phil Gyford",
                 "profile_image_url_https": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1167616130/james_200208_300x300.jpg",  # NOQA: E501
                 "verified": False,
-                "protected": False,
                 "ditto_note": (
                     "This user data was compiled from separate parts of a "
                     "downloaded twitter archive by Django Ditto"