diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos_kvm/templates/create_vm.erb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos_kvm/templates/create_vm.erb
index 37e450f..2060359 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos_kvm/templates/create_vm.erb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos_kvm/templates/create_vm.erb
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ if [ ! -r $CIDATA_PATH ]; then
 
   cat > user-data <<-EOS
 #cloud-config
-plain_text_passwd: ubuntu
 ssh_authorized_keys:
   - ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCw0I82gT8R4tpsqWGovLyjm2SR2F863MqNz224h3h/wl0xA5Eu0eRro+ELLv2hoebqQbcMsb89X5+7ObhDRar+b7tzDlXq4x+ECkAy6WbDSmBp3kNVd7muT4c9Zw7UxKsIvIm1ven1TkJ3UG80o6PyGiAUlBj4puIQwhp7OVknVutBBe8Rpp4f6BEuWluwpnPxc3KSaGhhr9p10xeX69cfspH40r8vHpI0zp19O5GpfYSOEH64UbwRpN2QypNB8ISmDHFsNGwdz0Ba4qrEOSGU9GveyOcsvEtt630/0fHqtbPBovOYu/FJISQZya2tofDig4EngBCJNfsPCbXFHtlp greg@karekinian.com
   - ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDDyUDR7ZE6HWmjvlfKrG8Ci+q5E4adbyboKvyYVkUXaTYt+DgisPPAqfGkd0yAHgVnmOS/3f5c3D6RrIXcxFmzwpV2BtmGZztBnEYvC5q8XPQhmu6AFl6ZDjh9XzUeO52py8tt5ZJ9W1R2ob/rlgX8txNHi6XwzuvPxZ7NR/iNup7cruBzkHABhwTvTfwaErufr6eNmNjh5VatNTei1ld6yWtmvbYJqJlpq6YyPu9vYNYPg0AB7I+OqOJhzHXhelY28GSP9KF3GDcHDtN1bV21g9+COcdKhMShQaw1WIkfQKdiuFictZIOCP0/uYSiFhyyoSvISiC3eT8zIimRbDRj basti@skddc.local