diff --git a/assets/init b/assets/init
index 87edbb0..ae94ce4 100755
--- a/assets/init
+++ b/assets/init
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 
 set -e
 
-# generate a password for root.
-ROOT_PASSWORD=$(pwgen -c -n -1 12)
-echo "root:$ROOT_PASSWORD" | chpasswd
-echo User: root Password: $ROOT_PASSWORD
-
 # start supervisord
 /usr/bin/supervisord