diff --git a/src/plugins/analysis/users_and_passwords/internal/passwords/default_password.txt b/src/plugins/analysis/users_and_passwords/internal/passwords/default_password.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 42b17184c..000000000
--- a/src/plugins/analysis/users_and_passwords/internal/passwords/default_password.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-password
-admin
-letmein
diff --git a/src/plugins/analysis/users_and_passwords/internal/update_password_list.py b/src/plugins/analysis/users_and_passwords/internal/update_password_list.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 283c39c23..000000000
--- a/src/plugins/analysis/users_and_passwords/internal/update_password_list.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env python3
-"""
-This script updates the password list
-"""
-
-import argparse
-import logging
-import os
-import sys
-
-from common_helper_files import delete_file, get_dir_of_file, write_binary_to_file
-from common_helper_passwords import get_merged_password_set
-
-PROGRAM_NAME = 'FACT Password List Updater'
-PROGRAM_VERSION = '0.3'
-PROGRAM_DESCRIPTION = 'Initialize or update password list'
-
-THIS_FILE_DIR = get_dir_of_file(__file__)
-
-
-def _setup_argparser():
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=f'{PROGRAM_NAME} - {PROGRAM_DESCRIPTION}')
-    parser.add_argument('-V', '--version', action='version', version=f'{PROGRAM_NAME} {PROGRAM_VERSION}')
-    parser.add_argument('-d', '--debug', action='store_true', default=False, help='print debug messages')
-    parser.add_argument(
-        '-p',
-        '--password_lists_directory',
-        default=os.path.join(THIS_FILE_DIR, 'passwords'),  # noqa: PTH118
-    )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        '-o',
-        '--output_file',
-        default=os.path.join(THIS_FILE_DIR, '../../../..', 'bin/passwords.txt'),  # noqa: PTH118
-    )
-    return parser.parse_args()
-
-
-def _setup_logging(args):
-    log_format = logging.Formatter(
-        fmt='[%(asctime)s][%(module)s][%(levelname)s]: %(message)s', datefmt='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
-    )
-    logger = logging.getLogger('')
-    if args.debug:
-        logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-    else:
-        logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
-    console_logger = logging.StreamHandler()
-    console_logger.setFormatter(log_format)
-    logger.addHandler(console_logger)
-
-
-def _write_password_file(password_set, file_path):
-    content = '\n'.join(list(password_set)).encode('utf-8')
-    write_binary_to_file(content, file_path)
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    args = _setup_argparser()
-    _setup_logging(args)
-
-    logging.info('Update Password List...')
-
-    logging.debug(f'remove old password file: {args.output_file}')
-    delete_file(args.output_file)
-
-    logging.debug(f'read password files in {args.password_lists_directory}')
-    passwords = get_merged_password_set(args.password_lists_directory)
-
-    logging.info(f'{len(passwords)} unique passwords found')
-
-    logging.debug(f'writing passwords to file {args.output_file}')
-    _write_password_file(passwords, args.output_file)
-
-    sys.exit()