diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DeployVMCmd.java b/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DeployVMCmd.java
index b84929bb131..8e58338a80c 100644
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DeployVMCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DeployVMCmd.java
@@ -220,7 +220,6 @@ public class DeployVMCmd extends BaseAsyncCreateCmd {
             result = _userVmService.startVirtualMachine(this);
             if (result != null) {
                 UserVmResponse response = _responseGenerator.createUserVm2Response(result);
-                response.setPassword(password);
                 response.setResponseName(getName());
                 this.setResponseObject(response);
             } else {