diff --git a/tests/password-update-test.js b/tests/password-update-test.js
index 1d8caefd0b2dadd92a43e0645403384b32ce69b9..98ca7384226b05d41c59f7f245209544bbce2eee 100755
--- a/tests/password-update-test.js
+++ b/tests/password-update-test.js
@@ -61,8 +61,7 @@ suite.addBatch({
   "setting password": {
     topic: function() {
       wsapi.post('/wsapi/complete_user_creation', {
-        token: token,
-        pass: OLD_PASSWORD
+        token: token
       }).call(this);
     },
     "works just fine": function(err, r) {