diff --git a/ansible/deploy.yaml b/ansible/deploy.yaml
index 9c3d7be8cbadbfd0ac906782b14e834a1bedb42f..f931c0892aba1f32a5ebb6f001672da731f0e0dc 100644
--- a/ansible/deploy.yaml
+++ b/ansible/deploy.yaml
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@
     # FIXME: this should obviously be removed before switching to prod. env.
     - name: install passlib for htpasswd in ansible
       yum: name=python-passlib state=installed
+    - htpasswd:
+        path: /etc/ippidb-80/passwdfile
+        name: ippidb
+        state: absent      
     - htpasswd:
         path: /etc/ippidb-80/passwdfile
         name: ippidb