diff --git a/src/auth_htpasswd.c b/src/auth_htpasswd.c
index efeb0588..6d4b7b7a 100644
--- a/src/auth_htpasswd.c
+++ b/src/auth_htpasswd.c
@@ -391,7 +391,6 @@ static auth_result htpasswd_userlist(auth_t *auth, xmlNodePtr srcnode)
         htpasswd_user *user = (htpasswd_user *)node->key;
         newnode = xmlNewChild(srcnode, NULL, XMLSTR("user"), NULL);
         xmlNewTextChild(newnode, NULL, XMLSTR("username"), XMLSTR(user->name));
-        xmlNewTextChild(newnode, NULL, XMLSTR("password"), XMLSTR(user->pass));
         node = avl_get_next(node);
     }
     thread_rwlock_unlock(&state->file_rwlock);