diff --git a/utils/conf/db.properties b/utils/conf/db.properties
index 903cf7163f6..e1b5fe9a2c1 100644
--- a/utils/conf/db.properties
+++ b/utils/conf/db.properties
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ region.id=1
 # CloudStack database settings
 db.cloud.username=cloud
 db.cloud.password=cloud
-db.root.password=root
+db.root.password=
 db.cloud.host=localhost
 db.cloud.port=3306
 db.cloud.name=cloud