diff --git a/app-exploits/empire/empire-3.0.4-r1.ebuild b/app-exploits/empire/empire-3.0.4-r1.ebuild
index 0006ae28f..de51e9b8e 100644
--- a/app-exploits/empire/empire-3.0.4-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-exploits/empire/empire-3.0.4-r1.ebuild
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ src_prepare() {
 		-e "s|hashlib.md5(choice).hexdigest()|hashlib.md5(choice.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()|" \
 		setup/setup_database.py || die
 
-	# set empty password for database
-	echo | ${PYTHON} setup/setup_database.py || die
-
 	default
 }