diff --git a/charts/stable/mosquitto/values.yaml b/charts/stable/mosquitto/values.yaml
index 8e49b554c1d..5543da21127 100644
--- a/charts/stable/mosquitto/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/stable/mosquitto/values.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ configmap:
         listener {{ .Values.service.main.ports.main.port }}
         {{- if .Values.auth.enabled }}
         allow_anonymous false
-        password_file /mosquitto/data/passwords.txt
         {{- else }}
         allow_anonymous true
         {{- end }}