diff --git a/api/internal/passwordutils/strengthCheck.go b/api/internal/passwordutils/strengthCheck.go
index 99d5ca473..f6de54d9c 100644
--- a/api/internal/passwordutils/strengthCheck.go
+++ b/api/internal/passwordutils/strengthCheck.go
@@ -1,33 +1,11 @@
 package passwordutils
 
-import (
-	"regexp"
-)
-
 const MinPasswordLen = 12
 
 func lengthCheck(password string) bool {
 	return len(password) >= MinPasswordLen
 }
 
-func comboCheck(password string) bool {
-	count := 0
-	regexps := [4]*regexp.Regexp{
-		regexp.MustCompile(`[a-z]`),
-		regexp.MustCompile(`[A-Z]`),
-		regexp.MustCompile(`[0-9]`),
-		regexp.MustCompile(`[\W_]`),
-	}
-
-	for _, re := range regexps {
-		if re.FindString(password) != "" {
-			count += 1
-		}
-	}
-
-	return count >= 3
-}
-
 func StrengthCheck(password string) bool {
-	return lengthCheck(password) && comboCheck(password)
+	return lengthCheck(password)
 }
diff --git a/api/internal/passwordutils/strengthCheck_test.go b/api/internal/passwordutils/strengthCheck_test.go
index 1ee45461a..a84871054 100644
--- a/api/internal/passwordutils/strengthCheck_test.go
+++ b/api/internal/passwordutils/strengthCheck_test.go
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ func TestStrengthCheck(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{"Empty password", args{""}, false},
 		{"Short password", args{"portainer"}, false},
-		{"Short password", args{"portaienr!@#"}, false},
+		{"Short password", args{"portaienr!@#"}, true},
 		{"Week password", args{"12345678!@#"}, false},
-		{"Week password", args{"portaienr123"}, false},
+		{"Week password", args{"portaienr123"}, true},
 		{"Good password", args{"Portainer123"}, true},
 		{"Good password", args{"Portainer___"}, true},
 		{"Good password", args{"^portainer12"}, true},
diff --git a/app/portainer/components/PasswordCheckHint.tsx b/app/portainer/components/PasswordCheckHint.tsx
index ba6ed8854..463aba0c6 100644
--- a/app/portainer/components/PasswordCheckHint.tsx
+++ b/app/portainer/components/PasswordCheckHint.tsx
@@ -2,17 +2,6 @@ import { react2angular } from '@/react-tools/react2angular';
 
 import { MinPasswordLen } from '../helpers/password';
 
-function PasswordCombination() {
-  return (
-    <ul className="text-muted">
-      <li className="ml-8"> Special characters </li>
-      <li className="ml-8"> Lower case characters </li>
-      <li className="ml-8"> Upper case characters </li>
-      <li className="ml-8"> Numeric characters </li>
-    </ul>
-  );
-}
-
 export function ForcePasswordUpdateHint() {
   return (
     <div>
@@ -25,11 +14,8 @@ export function ForcePasswordUpdateHint() {
       </p>
 
       <p className="text-muted">
-        The password must be at least {MinPasswordLen} characters long,
-        including a combination of one character of three of the below:
+        The password must be at least {MinPasswordLen} characters long.
       </p>
-
-      <PasswordCombination />
     </div>
   );
 }
@@ -42,12 +28,9 @@ export function PasswordCheckHint() {
           {' '}
         </i>
         <span>
-          The password must be at least {MinPasswordLen} characters long,
-          including a combination of one character of three of the below:
+          The password must be at least {MinPasswordLen} characters long.
         </span>
       </p>
-
-      <PasswordCombination />
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/app/portainer/helpers/password.ts b/app/portainer/helpers/password.ts
index 86d23b17a..f2614c10e 100644
--- a/app/portainer/helpers/password.ts
+++ b/app/portainer/helpers/password.ts
@@ -4,19 +4,6 @@ function lengthCheck(password: string) {
   return password.length >= MinPasswordLen;
 }
 
-function comboCheck(password: string) {
-  let count = 0;
-  const regexps = [/[a-z]/, /[A-Z]/, /[0-9]/, /[\W_]/];
-
-  regexps.forEach((re) => {
-    if (password.match(re) != null) {
-      count += 1;
-    }
-  });
-
-  return count >= 3;
-}
-
 export function StrengthCheck(password: string) {
-  return lengthCheck(password) && comboCheck(password);
+  return lengthCheck(password);
 }
diff --git a/app/portainer/views/init/admin/initAdmin.html b/app/portainer/views/init/admin/initAdmin.html
index 54408f714..bd884efe1 100644
--- a/app/portainer/views/init/admin/initAdmin.html
+++ b/app/portainer/views/init/admin/initAdmin.html
@@ -68,14 +68,8 @@
                 <!-- it is a workaround for firefox that does not render component <force-password-update-hint>  -->
                 <p>
                   <i class="fa fa-times red-icon space-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>
-                  <span>The password must be at least {{ MinPasswordLen }} characters long, including a combination of one character of three of the below:</span>
+                  <span>The password must be at least {{ MinPasswordLen }} characters long.</span>
                 </p>
-                <ul>
-                  <li class="ml-8"> Special characters </li>
-                  <li class="ml-8"> Lower case characters </li>
-                  <li class="ml-8"> Upper case characters </li>
-                  <li class="ml-8"> Numeric characters </li>
-                </ul>
               </div>
             </div>
             <!-- !note -->