diff --git a/hosts/common/users/primary/keys/default.nix b/hosts/common/users/primary/keys/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/hosts/common/users/primary/keys/installer.pub b/hosts/common/users/primary/keys/installer.pub
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5aaaa33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/common/users/primary/keys/installer.pub
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAILitXCbWKzO56YIc3usTK1NS5M61ZNvATly06MFqb/8m nixos install
diff --git a/hosts/common/users/primary/nixos.nix b/hosts/common/users/primary/nixos.nix
index 64a3b04..dc1b12a 100644
--- a/hosts/common/users/primary/nixos.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/users/primary/nixos.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ in {
       # Root user setup
       root = {
         shell = pkgs.zsh;
-        initialPassword = "install"; # initial password for install, gets overwritten by sops
         hashedPasswordFile = config.users.users.${hostSpec.username}.hashedPasswordFile;
         openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = config.users.users.${hostSpec.username}.openssh.authorizedKeys.keys; # root's ssh keys are mainly used for remote deployment.
       };