diff --git a/conf/pika.conf b/conf/pika.conf
index 56c9ccdbd..4c82b1251 100644
--- a/conf/pika.conf
+++ b/conf/pika.conf
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ timeout : 60
 
 # The [password of administrator], which is empty by default.
 # [NOTICE] If this admin password is the same as user password (including both being empty),
-# the value of userpass will be ignored and all users are considered as administrators,
 # in this scenario, users are not subject to the restrictions imposed by the userblacklist.
 # PS: "user password" refers to value of the parameter below: userpass.
 requirepass :
diff --git a/src/acl.cc b/src/acl.cc
index dad50f73e..04226d811 100644
--- a/src/acl.cc
+++ b/src/acl.cc
@@ -477,11 +477,7 @@ void Acl::UpdateDefaultUserPassword(const std::string& pass) {
   if (pass.empty()) {
     u->SetUser("nopass");
   } else {
-    if (g_pika_conf->userpass().empty()) {
-      u->SetUser("nopass");
-    } else {
-      u->SetUser(">" + pass);
-    }
+    u->SetUser(">" + pass);
   }
 }