diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm
index 2c408c109a..d5d11371a3 100644
--- a/gnu/system/install.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/install.scm
@@ -347,7 +347,6 @@ (define installation-os
      (base-pam-services #:allow-empty-passwords? #t))
 
     (packages (cons* (canonical-package glibc) ;for 'tzselect' & co.
-                     shadow                    ;'passwd', for easy SSH access
                      parted gptfdisk ddrescue
                      grub                  ;mostly so xrefs to its manual work
                      cryptsetup