diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/server/ConfigurationServerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/server/ConfigurationServerImpl.java
index bd59069e3bb..3055739e60d 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/server/ConfigurationServerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/server/ConfigurationServerImpl.java
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ public class ConfigurationServerImpl implements ConfigurationServer {
         } catch (SQLException ex) {
         }
         // insert system user
-        insertSql = "INSERT INTO `cloud`.`user` (id, username, password, account_id, firstname, lastname, created) VALUES (1, 'system', "+DBEncryptionUtil.encrypt("")+", 1, 'system', 'cloud', now())";
+        insertSql = "INSERT INTO `cloud`.`user` (id, username, password, account_id, firstname, lastname, created) VALUES (1, 'system', '', 1, 'system', 'cloud', now())";
         txn = Transaction.currentTxn();
         try {
             PreparedStatement stmt = txn.prepareAutoCloseStatement(insertSql);