diff --git a/mealie/routes/users/crud.py b/mealie/routes/users/crud.py
index 45a571df5..d7cfc7008 100644
--- a/mealie/routes/users/crud.py
+++ b/mealie/routes/users/crud.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class UserController(BaseUserController):
     @user_router.put("/password")
     def update_password(self, password_change: ChangePassword):
         """Resets the User Password"""
-        if self.user.password == "LDAP" or self.user.auth_method == AuthMethod.LDAP:
+        if self.user.auth_method == AuthMethod.LDAP:
             raise HTTPException(
                 status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST, ErrorResponse.respond(self.t("user.ldap-update-password-unavailable"))
             )
diff --git a/mealie/services/user_services/password_reset_service.py b/mealie/services/user_services/password_reset_service.py
index 36d403d72..cc967bf08 100644
--- a/mealie/services/user_services/password_reset_service.py
+++ b/mealie/services/user_services/password_reset_service.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class PasswordResetService(BaseService):
             self.logger.error(f"failed to create password reset for {email=}: user doesn't exists")
             # Do not raise exception here as we don't want to confirm to the client that the Email doesn't exists
             return None
-        elif user.password == "LDAP" or user.auth_method == AuthMethod.LDAP:
+        elif user.auth_method == AuthMethod.LDAP:
             self.logger.error(f"failed to create password reset for {email=}: user controlled by LDAP")
             return None
 
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/fixture_users.py b/tests/fixtures/fixture_users.py
index 1eccf79e0..f79fa6554 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/fixture_users.py
+++ b/tests/fixtures/fixture_users.py
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ def ldap_user():
         user = db.users.create(
             {
                 "username": utils.random_string(10),
-                "password": "mealie_password_not_important",
+                "password": "LDAP",
                 "full_name": utils.random_string(10),
                 "email": utils.random_string(10),
                 "admin": False,