diff --git a/meta-ibm/meta-palmetto/conf/local.conf.sample b/meta-ibm/meta-palmetto/conf/local.conf.sample
index 8627007..f26bade 100644
--- a/meta-ibm/meta-palmetto/conf/local.conf.sample
+++ b/meta-ibm/meta-palmetto/conf/local.conf.sample
@@ -236,10 +236,3 @@
 # track the version of this file when it was generated. This can safely be ignored if
 # this doesn't mean anything to you.
 CONF_VERSION = "1"
-
-# Set the root password to '0penBmc'
-INHERIT += "extrausers"
-
-EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS = " \
-  usermod -p '\$1\$UGMqyqdG\$FZiylVFmRRfl9Z0Ue8G7e/' root; \
-  "
diff --git a/meta-ibm/meta-romulus/conf/local.conf.sample b/meta-ibm/meta-romulus/conf/local.conf.sample
index b2b739f..7bad7cd 100644
--- a/meta-ibm/meta-romulus/conf/local.conf.sample
+++ b/meta-ibm/meta-romulus/conf/local.conf.sample
@@ -214,10 +214,3 @@
 # track the version of this file when it was generated. This can safely be ignored if
 # this doesn't mean anything to you.
 CONF_VERSION = "1"
-
-# Set the root password to '0penBmc'
-INHERIT += "extrausers"
-
-EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS = " \
-  usermod -p '\$1\$UGMqyqdG\$FZiylVFmRRfl9Z0Ue8G7e/' root; \
-  "
diff --git a/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/conf/local.conf.sample b/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/conf/local.conf.sample
index ca640ce..8a5c738 100644
--- a/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/conf/local.conf.sample
+++ b/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/conf/local.conf.sample
@@ -15,7 +15,3 @@
     ABORT,${SSTATE_DIR},100M,1K \
     ABORT,/tmp,10M,1K"
 CONF_VERSION = "1"
-INHERIT += "extrausers"
-EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS = " \
-  usermod -p '\$1\$UGMqyqdG\$FZiylVFmRRfl9Z0Ue8G7e/' root; \
-  "
diff --git a/meta-ibm/meta-z/conf/local.conf.sample b/meta-ibm/meta-z/conf/local.conf.sample
index 988416f..bd6b65b 100644
--- a/meta-ibm/meta-z/conf/local.conf.sample
+++ b/meta-ibm/meta-z/conf/local.conf.sample
@@ -15,4 +15,3 @@
     ABORT,${SSTATE_DIR},100M,1K \
     ABORT,/tmp,10M,1K"
 CONF_VERSION = "1"
-INHERIT += "extrausers"