diff --git a/src/Api/Controller/SendConfirmationEmailController.php b/src/Api/Controller/SendConfirmationEmailController.php
index ce228e6809..9c8a499e8c 100644
--- a/src/Api/Controller/SendConfirmationEmailController.php
+++ b/src/Api/Controller/SendConfirmationEmailController.php
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@
 namespace Flarum\Api\Controller;
 
 use Flarum\Http\UrlGenerator;
-use Flarum\Mail\Job\SendRawEmailJob;
 use Flarum\Settings\SettingsRepositoryInterface;
-use Flarum\User\EmailToken;
+use Flarum\User\AccountActivationMailerTrait;
 use Flarum\User\Exception\PermissionDeniedException;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\Queue;
 use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
@@ -24,6 +23,8 @@
 
 class SendConfirmationEmailController implements RequestHandlerInterface
 {
+    use AccountActivationMailerTrait;
+
     /**
      * @var SettingsRepositoryInterface
      */
@@ -72,19 +73,10 @@ public function handle(ServerRequestInterface $request): ResponseInterface
             throw new PermissionDeniedException;
         }
 
-        $token = EmailToken::generate($actor->email, $actor->id);
-        $token->save();
-
-        $data = [
-            '{username}' => $actor->username,
-            '{url}' => $this->url->to('forum')->route('confirmEmail', ['token' => $token->token]),
-            '{forum}' => $this->settings->get('forum_title')
-        ];
-
-        $body = $this->translator->trans('core.email.activate_account.body', $data);
-        $subject = $this->translator->trans('core.email.activate_account.subject');
+        $token = $this->generateToken($actor, $actor->email);
+        $data = $this->getEmailData($actor, $token);
 
-        $this->queue->push(new SendRawEmailJob($actor->email, $subject, $body));
+        $this->sendConfirmationEmail($actor, $data);
 
         return new EmptyResponse;
     }
diff --git a/src/User/AccountActivationMailer.php b/src/User/AccountActivationMailer.php
index 3d6d79b9cc..9585391438 100644
--- a/src/User/AccountActivationMailer.php
+++ b/src/User/AccountActivationMailer.php
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 namespace Flarum\User;
 
 use Flarum\Http\UrlGenerator;
-use Flarum\Mail\Job\SendRawEmailJob;
 use Flarum\Settings\SettingsRepositoryInterface;
 use Flarum\User\Event\Registered;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\Queue;
@@ -18,6 +17,8 @@
 
 class AccountActivationMailer
 {
+    use AccountActivationMailerTrait;
+
     /**
      * @var SettingsRepositoryInterface
      */
@@ -60,42 +61,9 @@ public function handle(Registered $event)
             return;
         }
 
-        $data = $this->getEmailData($user, $user->email);
-
-        $body = $this->translator->trans('core.email.activate_account.body', $data);
-        $subject = '['.$data['{forum}'].'] '.$this->translator->trans('core.email.activate_account.subject');
-
-        $this->queue->push(new SendRawEmailJob($user->email, $subject, $body));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param User $user
-     * @param string $email
-     * @return EmailToken
-     */
-    protected function generateToken(User $user, $email)
-    {
-        $token = EmailToken::generate($email, $user->id);
-        $token->save();
-
-        return $token;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Get the data that should be made available to email templates.
-     *
-     * @param User $user
-     * @param string $email
-     * @return array
-     */
-    protected function getEmailData(User $user, $email)
-    {
-        $token = $this->generateToken($user, $email);
+        $token = $this->generateToken($user, $user->email);
+        $data = $this->getEmailData($user, $token);
 
-        return [
-            '{username}' => $user->display_name,
-            '{url}' => $this->url->to('forum')->route('confirmEmail', ['token' => $token->token]),
-            '{forum}' => $this->settings->get('forum_title')
-        ];
+        $this->sendConfirmationEmail($user, $data);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/User/AccountActivationMailerTrait.php b/src/User/AccountActivationMailerTrait.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0cb32371aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/User/AccountActivationMailerTrait.php
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Flarum.
+ *
+ * For detailed copyright and license information, please view the
+ * LICENSE file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Flarum\User;
+
+use Flarum\Mail\Job\SendRawEmailJob;
+
+trait AccountActivationMailerTrait
+{
+    /**
+     * @param User $user
+     * @param string $email
+     * @return EmailToken
+     */
+    protected function generateToken(User $user, $email)
+    {
+        $token = EmailToken::generate($email, $user->id);
+        $token->save();
+
+        return $token;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the data that should be made available to email templates.
+     *
+     * @param User $user
+     * @param EmailToken $token
+     * @return array
+     */
+    protected function getEmailData(User $user, EmailToken $token)
+    {
+        return [
+            '{username}' => $user->display_name,
+            '{url}' => $this->url->to('forum')->route('confirmEmail', ['token' => $token->token]),
+            '{forum}' => $this->settings->get('forum_title')
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param User $user
+     * @param array $data
+     */
+    protected function sendConfirmationEmail(User $user, $data)
+    {
+        $body = $this->translator->trans('core.email.activate_account.body', $data);
+        $subject = $this->translator->trans('core.email.activate_account.subject');
+
+        $this->queue->push(new SendRawEmailJob($user->email, $subject, $body));
+    }
+}