diff --git a/deployment/check/common/targetNode.nix b/deployment/check/common/targetNode.nix
index 1a0c221d..609a3366 100644
--- a/deployment/check/common/targetNode.nix
+++ b/deployment/check/common/targetNode.nix
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ in
         enableIPv6 = false;
       };
 
-      services.getty.autologinUser = lib.mkForce "root";
-
       ## Test VMs don't have a bootloader by default.
       # boot.loader = {
       #   # GRUB enabled: installation of GRUB on /dev/disk/by-id/virtio-root failed: No such file or directory