diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/passwd b/package/base-files/files/etc/passwd
index aa742e298b..d49942dd79 100644
--- a/package/base-files/files/etc/passwd
+++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/passwd
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-root:$1$r0fshFfu$7dJ0hYi8milBwLnv4HFb0/:0:0:root:/root:/bin/ash
+root:!:0:0:root:/root:/bin/ash
 nobody:*:65534:65534:nobody:/var:/bin/false
 daemon:*:65534:65534:daemon:/var:/bin/false