diff --git a/make_user_accounts.py b/make_user_accounts.py
index c15b2f3..ebaac56 100644
--- a/make_user_accounts.py
+++ b/make_user_accounts.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 import argparse
 import os, sys
-from IPython.lib import passwd
+# from IPython.lib import passwd
+from hashlib import sha1
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
 from random import shuffle
 from csv import writer
@@ -38,7 +39,8 @@ for username in usernames:
 	userdata = {}
 	userdata['username'] = username
 	userdata['password'] = password
-	userdata['password_sha1'] = passwd(password)
+	# userdata['password_sha1'] = passwd(password)
+	userdata['password_sha1'] = sha1(password)
 	userdata['port'] = curport
 	userdata['servername'] = servername
 	users.append(userdata)