diff --git a/rocky-9/ci.pkrvars.hcl b/rocky-9/ci.pkrvars.hcl
index 6d0fefa..c734418 100644
--- a/rocky-9/ci.pkrvars.hcl
+++ b/rocky-9/ci.pkrvars.hcl
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 proxmox_token            = "dummy"
 build_password           = "dummy"
-build_password_encrypted = "dummy"
 proxmox_url              = "dummy"
 proxmox_username         = "dummy"
 proxmox_node             = "dummy"
diff --git a/rocky-9/data/init.ks.pkrtpl.hcl b/rocky-9/data/init.ks.pkrtpl.hcl
index a8397a4..9ead74f 100644
--- a/rocky-9/data/init.ks.pkrtpl.hcl
+++ b/rocky-9/data/init.ks.pkrtpl.hcl
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ lang ${vm_guest_os_language}
 keyboard ${vm_guest_os_keyboard}
 
 ### Set initial root password
-rootpw --iscrypted ${build_password_encrypted}
+rootpw ${build_password}
 
 ### Configure firewall settings for the system.
 ### --enabled	reject incoming connections that are not in response to outbound requests
diff --git a/rocky-9/server.pkr.hcl b/rocky-9/server.pkr.hcl
index 9bd587b..07f04be 100644
--- a/rocky-9/server.pkr.hcl
+++ b/rocky-9/server.pkr.hcl
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ locals {
   buildtime = formatdate("YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm ZZZ", timestamp())
   data_source_content = {
     "/ks.cfg" = templatefile("${abspath(path.root)}/data/init.ks.pkrtpl.hcl", {
-      build_password_encrypted   = var.build_password_encrypted
+      build_password             = var.build_password
       vm_guest_os_language       = var.vm_guest_os_language
       vm_guest_os_keyboard       = var.vm_guest_os_keyboard
       vm_guest_os_timezone       = var.vm_guest_os_timezone
diff --git a/rocky-9/variables.pkr.hcl b/rocky-9/variables.pkr.hcl
index de7645f..d1fa25d 100644
--- a/rocky-9/variables.pkr.hcl
+++ b/rocky-9/variables.pkr.hcl
@@ -180,12 +180,6 @@ variable "build_password" {
   sensitive   = true
 }
 
-variable "build_password_encrypted" {
-  type        = string
-  description = "The encrypted password to login the guest operating system."
-  sensitive   = true
-}
-
 variable "build_scripts" {
   type        = list(string)
   description = "A list of scripts and their relative paths to transfer and execute."