diff --git a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/rdbms/TestUtils.java b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/rdbms/TestUtils.java
index 1e9596db..2953addc 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/rdbms/TestUtils.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/rdbms/TestUtils.java
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@ public class TestUtils
          .withVendor("h2")
          .withHostName("mem")
          .withDatabaseName("test_database")
-         .withUsername("sa")
-         .withPassword("");
+         .withUsername("sa");
       rdbmsBackendMetaData.setName("default");
       return (rdbmsBackendMetaData);
    }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/rdbms/model/metadata/RDBMSBackendMetaDataTest.java b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/rdbms/model/metadata/RDBMSBackendMetaDataTest.java
index 028e8081..83d2d3db 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/rdbms/model/metadata/RDBMSBackendMetaDataTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/rdbms/model/metadata/RDBMSBackendMetaDataTest.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class RDBMSBackendMetaDataTest
       System.out.println(JsonUtils.prettyPrint(json));
       System.out.println(json);
       String expectToContain = """
-         "backends":{"default":{"hostName":"mem","password":"","databaseName":"test_database\"""";
+         "backends":{"default":{"hostName":"mem","databaseName":"test_database\"""";
       assertTrue(json.contains(expectToContain));
    }