diff --git a/actiontoken/src/main/java/dasniko/keycloak/actiontoken/CustomActionToken.java b/actiontoken/src/main/java/dasniko/keycloak/actiontoken/CustomActionToken.java
index fbc6a63..ad17337 100644
--- a/actiontoken/src/main/java/dasniko/keycloak/actiontoken/CustomActionToken.java
+++ b/actiontoken/src/main/java/dasniko/keycloak/actiontoken/CustomActionToken.java
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 import lombok.Setter;
 import org.keycloak.authentication.actiontoken.DefaultActionToken;
 
-import java.util.UUID;
-
 @Getter
 @Setter
 @NoArgsConstructor(access = AccessLevel.PRIVATE) // required for JSON de-/serialization
@@ -16,25 +14,11 @@ public class CustomActionToken extends DefaultActionToken {
 	public static final String TOKEN_TYPE = "custom-action";
 
 	private String redirectUri;
-	private boolean reuse;
-	private String scope;
-	private String state;
+	private String scope = "openid";
 
-	public CustomActionToken(String userId, String clientId, int expirationInSeconds, boolean reuse,
-													 String redirectUri, String scope, String nonce, String state) {
-		super(userId, TOKEN_TYPE, expirationInSeconds, uuidOf(nonce));
+	public CustomActionToken(String userId, String clientId, String redirectUri) {
+		super(userId, TOKEN_TYPE, 10, null);
 		this.issuedFor = clientId;
 		this.redirectUri = redirectUri;
-		this.reuse = reuse;
-		this.scope = scope;
-		this.state = state;
-	}
-
-	static UUID uuidOf(String s) {
-		try {
-			return UUID.fromString(s);
-		} catch (Exception ignored) {
-		}
-		return null;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/actiontoken/src/main/java/dasniko/keycloak/actiontoken/CustomActionTokenHandler.java b/actiontoken/src/main/java/dasniko/keycloak/actiontoken/CustomActionTokenHandler.java
index b5327ad..2490124 100644
--- a/actiontoken/src/main/java/dasniko/keycloak/actiontoken/CustomActionTokenHandler.java
+++ b/actiontoken/src/main/java/dasniko/keycloak/actiontoken/CustomActionTokenHandler.java
@@ -46,12 +46,6 @@ public Response handleToken(CustomActionToken token, ActionTokenContext<CustomAc
                 AuthenticationManager.SET_REDIRECT_URI_AFTER_REQUIRED_ACTIONS, Boolean.TRUE.toString());
             authSession.setRedirectUri(redirect);
             authSession.setClientNote(OIDCLoginProtocol.REDIRECT_URI_PARAM, redirectUri);
-            if (token.getState() != null) {
-                authSession.setClientNote(OIDCLoginProtocol.STATE_PARAM, token.getState());
-            }
-            if (token.getActionVerificationNonce() != null) {
-                authSession.setClientNote(OIDCLoginProtocol.NONCE_PARAM, token.getActionVerificationNonce().toString());
-            }
         }
 
         if (token.getScope() != null) {
@@ -59,8 +53,6 @@ public Response handleToken(CustomActionToken token, ActionTokenContext<CustomAc
             AuthenticationManager.setClientScopesInSession(authSession);
         }
 
-        authSession.getAuthenticatedUser().setEmailVerified(true);
-
         String nextRequiredAction =
             AuthenticationManager.nextRequiredAction(session, authSession, tokenContext.getRequest(), tokenContext.getEvent());
 
@@ -76,7 +68,7 @@ public AuthenticationSessionModel startFreshAuthenticationSession(
 
     @Override
     public boolean canUseTokenRepeatedly(CustomActionToken token, ActionTokenContext<CustomActionToken> tokenContext) {
-        return token.isReuse();
+        return false;
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/actiontoken/src/main/java/dasniko/keycloak/actiontoken/CustomTokenRequest.java b/actiontoken/src/main/java/dasniko/keycloak/actiontoken/CustomTokenRequest.java
index 8a3f2a2..77a2920 100644
--- a/actiontoken/src/main/java/dasniko/keycloak/actiontoken/CustomTokenRequest.java
+++ b/actiontoken/src/main/java/dasniko/keycloak/actiontoken/CustomTokenRequest.java
@@ -5,15 +5,6 @@
 @Data
 public class CustomTokenRequest {
 	private String username;
-	private String email;
 	private String clientId;
 	private String redirectUri;
-	private String scope = null;
-	private String nonce = null;
-	private String state = null;
-	private Integer expirationSeconds = null;
-	private boolean forceCreate = false;
-	private boolean updateProfile = false;
-	private boolean updatePassword = false;
-	private boolean reuse = false;
 }
diff --git a/actiontoken/src/main/java/dasniko/keycloak/actiontoken/CustomTokenResource.java b/actiontoken/src/main/java/dasniko/keycloak/actiontoken/CustomTokenResource.java
index 4f1b258..4eced94 100644
--- a/actiontoken/src/main/java/dasniko/keycloak/actiontoken/CustomTokenResource.java
+++ b/actiontoken/src/main/java/dasniko/keycloak/actiontoken/CustomTokenResource.java
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.keycloak.Config;
-import org.keycloak.common.ClientConnection;
-import org.keycloak.common.util.Time;
-import org.keycloak.events.Details;
-import org.keycloak.events.EventBuilder;
-import org.keycloak.events.EventType;
 import org.keycloak.models.ClientModel;
 import org.keycloak.models.KeycloakContext;
 import org.keycloak.models.KeycloakSession;
@@ -56,21 +51,12 @@ public CustomTokenResponse createTokenLink(CustomTokenRequest payload) {
 			throw new BadRequestException("redirectUri %s disallowed by client.".formatted(redirectUri));
 		}
 
-		String emailOrUsername = payload.getEmail();
-		boolean forceCreate = payload.isForceCreate();
-		if (payload.getUsername() != null) {
-			emailOrUsername = payload.getUsername();
-			forceCreate = false;
-		}
-
-		UserModel user = getOrCreateUser(emailOrUsername, forceCreate, payload.isUpdateProfile(), payload.isUpdatePassword());
+		UserModel user = KeycloakModelUtils.findUserByNameOrEmail(session, realm, payload.getUsername());
 		if (user == null) {
-			throw new NotFoundException("User with email/username %s not found, and forceCreate is off.".formatted(emailOrUsername));
+			throw new NotFoundException("User with email/username %s not found, and forceCreate is off.".formatted(payload.getUsername()));
 		}
 
-		CustomActionToken token = createActionToken(
-			user, clientId, payload.getExpirationSeconds(), redirectUri, payload.isReuse(),
-			payload.getScope(), payload.getNonce(), payload.getState());
+		CustomActionToken token = createActionToken(user, clientId, redirectUri);
 
 		String tokenUrl = getActionTokenUrl(token);
 
@@ -85,40 +71,8 @@ private boolean validateRedirectUri(ClientModel client, String redirectUri) {
 		return redirectUri.equals(redirect);
 	}
 
-	private UserModel getOrCreateUser(String email, boolean forceCreate, boolean updateProfile, boolean updatePassword) {
-		UserModel user = KeycloakModelUtils.findUserByNameOrEmail(session, realm, email);
-		if (user == null && forceCreate) {
-			user = session.users().addUser(realm, email);
-			user.setEnabled(true);
-			user.setEmail(email);
-			registerEvent(user);
-			if (updatePassword) {
-				user.addRequiredAction(UserModel.RequiredAction.UPDATE_PASSWORD);
-			}
-			if (updateProfile) {
-				user.addRequiredAction(UserModel.RequiredAction.UPDATE_PROFILE);
-			}
-		}
-		return user;
-	}
-
-	private void registerEvent(UserModel user) {
-		ClientConnection clientConnection = session.getContext().getConnection();
-		EventBuilder eventBuilder = new EventBuilder(realm, session, clientConnection).realm(realm);
-		eventBuilder
-			.event(EventType.REGISTER)
-			.detail(Details.REGISTER_METHOD, CustomActionToken.TOKEN_TYPE)
-			.detail(Details.USERNAME, user.getUsername())
-			.detail(Details.EMAIL, user.getEmail())
-			.user(user)
-			.success();
-	}
-
-	private CustomActionToken createActionToken(UserModel user, String clientId, Integer expiration, String redirectUri,
-																							boolean reuse, String scope, String nonce, String state) {
-		int expirationInSecs = (expiration != null && expiration > 0) ? expiration : (60 * 60 * 24);
-		int absoluteExpirationInSecs = Time.currentTime() + expirationInSecs;
-		return new CustomActionToken(user.getId(), clientId, absoluteExpirationInSecs, reuse, redirectUri, scope, nonce, state);
+	private CustomActionToken createActionToken(UserModel user, String clientId, String redirectUri) {
+		return new CustomActionToken(user.getId(), clientId, redirectUri);
 	}
 
 	private String getActionTokenUrl(CustomActionToken token) {