diff --git a/lib/ipmi_utils.py b/lib/ipmi_utils.py
index 0dd7f5b..8200643 100644
--- a/lib/ipmi_utils.py
+++ b/lib/ipmi_utils.py
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@
             BuiltIn().get_variable_value("${IPMI_USER_OPTIONS}")
         if IPMI_USER_OPTIONS != "":
             cmd_buf += " " + IPMI_USER_OPTIONS
-        cmd_buf += " -P " + BuiltIn().get_variable_value("${IPMI_PASSWORD}")
         cmd_buf += " " + BuiltIn().get_variable_value("${HOST}")
         cmd_buf += " " + BuiltIn().get_variable_value("${OPENBMC_HOST}")
         cmd_buf += " " + cmd_string