diff --git a/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml b/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml
index ed6d538b8d..ec37022462 100644
--- a/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   user: name={{ phabricator_daemon_user }}
 
 - name: create vcs user
-  user: name={{ phabricator_vcs_user }} password={{ phabricator_vcs_password }}
+  user: name={{ phabricator_vcs_user }}
   when: enable_phabricator_git
 
 - name: add vcs user to sudoers to write as daemon user with restrictions for git