diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 670f9c9fb4..10ada77ef8 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ Style/FrozenStringLiteralComment:
                   to help transition to frozen string literals by default.
   Enabled: false
 
+Style/GlobalVars:
+  Enabled: false
+
 Style/GuardClause:
   Enabled: false
 
diff --git a/app/commands/central_user_commands.rb b/app/commands/central_user_commands.rb
index 653ed50372..12468f9955 100644
--- a/app/commands/central_user_commands.rb
+++ b/app/commands/central_user_commands.rb
@@ -51,10 +51,7 @@ class CentralUserCommands
       logger.info(message: 'Processing :delete_user', class_name: self.class.name)
 
       if user
-        user.set_force_destroy if [true, 'true'].include?(payload[:force])
-        user.destroy
-        logger.info(message: 'User deleted', current_user: user.username, class_name: self.class.name)
-        notifications_topic.publish(:user_deleted, { username: user.username })
+        process_user_deletion(user)
       else
         logger.warn(message: 'User not found', user_id: payload[:id], class_name: self.class.name)
         notifications_topic.publish(:user_deleted, {})
@@ -74,4 +71,13 @@ class CentralUserCommands
     end
   end
 
+  private
+
+  def process_user_deletion(user)
+    user.set_force_destroy if [true, 'true'].include?(payload[:force])
+    user.destroy
+    logger.info(message: 'User deleted', current_user: user.username, class_name: self.class.name)
+    notifications_topic.publish(:user_deleted, { username: user.username })
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/spec/commands/central_user_commands_spec.rb b/spec/commands/central_user_commands_spec.rb
index 1c6930305f..04f3320676 100644
--- a/spec/commands/central_user_commands_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/commands/central_user_commands_spec.rb
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ describe CentralUserCommands do
         }
       end
 
+      # rubocop:disable RSpec/MultipleExpectations
       it 'updates the corresponding attributes' do
         central_user_commands.update_user(message)
 
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ describe CentralUserCommands do
         expect(user.disqus_shortname).to eq('abc')
         expect(user.builder_enabled).to eq(true)
       end
+      # rubocop:enable RSpec/MultipleExpectations
 
       it 'successfully handles updates of boolean flags' do
         central_user_commands.update_user(
diff --git a/spec/support/shared_entities_spec_helper.rb b/spec/support/shared_entities_spec_helper.rb
index 4476325563..96ed2b21ca 100644
--- a/spec/support/shared_entities_spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/support/shared_entities_spec_helper.rb
@@ -55,14 +55,18 @@ module SharedEntitiesSpecHelper
 
   def share_table_with_organization(table, owner, organization)
     bypass_named_maps
-    headers = {'CONTENT_TYPE'  => 'application/json'}
+    headers = { 'CONTENT_TYPE' => 'application/json' }
     perm_id = table.table_visualization.permission.id
 
-    params = { acl: [{ type: Carto::Permission::TYPE_ORGANIZATION,
-                       entity: { id: organization.id },
-                       access: Carto::Permission::ACCESS_READONLY
-                     }]
-             }
+    params = {
+      acl: [
+        {
+          type: Carto::Permission::TYPE_ORGANIZATION,
+          entity: { id: organization.id },
+          access: Carto::Permission::ACCESS_READONLY
+        }
+      ]
+    }
     url = api_v1_permissions_update_url(user_domain: owner.username, api_key: owner.api_key, id: perm_id)
     put url, params.to_json, headers
     last_response.status.should == 200
@@ -78,11 +82,15 @@ module SharedEntitiesSpecHelper
 
     owner = visualization.user
     perm_id = visualization.permission.id
-    params = { acl: [{ type: Carto::Permission::TYPE_USER,
-                       entity: { id: user.id },
-                       access: access
-                     }]
-             }
+    params = {
+      acl: [
+        {
+          type: Carto::Permission::TYPE_USER,
+          entity: { id: user.id },
+          access: access
+        }
+      ]
+    }
     url = api_v1_permissions_update_url(user_domain: owner.username, api_key: owner.api_key, id: perm_id)
     put_json url, params do |response|
       response.status.should == 200