diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-webadmin b/src/freedombone-utils-webadmin
index ceb1ad906157ecb9d35a8bd8938c6d6bffddc92b..87f0c930064ae8ef3df311ecfb447bc183edf756 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-webadmin
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-webadmin
@@ -521,12 +521,7 @@ function web_admin_setup_login {
         webadmin_password="$(create_password "${MINIMUM_PASSWORD_LENGTH}")"
 
         # create a password for users
-        if [ ! -f /etc/nginx/.webadminpasswd ]; then
-            touch /etc/nginx/.webadminpasswd
-        fi
-        if grep -q "admin:" /etc/nginx/.webadminpasswd; then
-            sed -i "/admin:/d" /etc/nginx/.webadminpasswd
-        fi
+        touch /etc/nginx/.webadminpasswd
 
         # create a password file used by nginx
         echo -n "$webadmin_password" | htpasswd -i -s -c /etc/nginx/.webadminpasswd "admin"