diff --git a/src/user.ts b/src/user.ts
index 25da344..1a94935 100644
--- a/src/user.ts
+++ b/src/user.ts
@@ -113,8 +113,6 @@ export default class User {
           privateKeyEncoding: {
             type: 'pkcs8',
             format: 'pem',
-            cipher: 'aes-256-cbc',
-            passphrase: 'devstar'
           },
         });
         const publicKeyFingerprint = sshpk.parseKey(publicKey, 'pem').toString('ssh');