diff --git a/dpppt-config-backend/src/main/java/org/dpppt/switzerland/backend/sdk/config/ws/config/ActuatorSecurity.java b/dpppt-config-backend/src/main/java/org/dpppt/switzerland/backend/sdk/config/ws/config/ActuatorSecurity.java
index d226e4d..2f9aad8 100644
--- a/dpppt-config-backend/src/main/java/org/dpppt/switzerland/backend/sdk/config/ws/config/ActuatorSecurity.java
+++ b/dpppt-config-backend/src/main/java/org/dpppt/switzerland/backend/sdk/config/ws/config/ActuatorSecurity.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.info.InfoEndpoint;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.logging.LoggersEndpoint;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.metrics.export.prometheus.PrometheusScrapeEndpoint;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Profile;
 import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
@@ -15,8 +14,6 @@
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.EnableWebSecurity;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter;
-import org.springframework.security.crypto.bcrypt.BCryptPasswordEncoder;
-import org.springframework.security.crypto.password.PasswordEncoder;
 
 @Configuration
 @Order(Ordered.HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE + 9)
@@ -31,13 +28,6 @@ public class ActuatorSecurity extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
     @Value("${ws.monitor.prometheus.password}")
     private String password;
 
-
-    @Bean
-    ActuatorSecurityConfig passwordDefault() {
-        return new ActuatorSecurityConfig(
-                user, password);
-    }
-
     @Override
     protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
         http.requestMatcher(
@@ -74,13 +64,9 @@ protected void configure(
             throws Exception {
         auth.inMemoryAuthentication()
                 .withUser(user)
-                .password(passwordEncoder().encode(password))
+                .password(password)
                 .roles(PROMETHEUS_ROLE);
     }
-    @Bean
-    public PasswordEncoder passwordEncoder() {
-        return new BCryptPasswordEncoder();
-    }
 
 
 }
diff --git a/dpppt-config-backend/src/test/java/org/dpppt/switzerland/backend/sdk/config/ws/GaenConfigControllerTest.java b/dpppt-config-backend/src/test/java/org/dpppt/switzerland/backend/sdk/config/ws/GaenConfigControllerTest.java
index 1a47766..c6fa735 100644
--- a/dpppt-config-backend/src/test/java/org/dpppt/switzerland/backend/sdk/config/ws/GaenConfigControllerTest.java
+++ b/dpppt-config-backend/src/test/java/org/dpppt/switzerland/backend/sdk/config/ws/GaenConfigControllerTest.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 @SpringBootTest(
         properties = {
             "ws.monitor.prometheus.user=prometheus",
-            "ws.monitor.prometheus.password=prometheus",
+            "ws.monitor.prometheus.password={noop}prometheus",
             "management.endpoints.enabled-by-default=true",
             "management.endpoints.web.exposure.include=*"
         })