diff --git a/roles/transmission/tasks/main.yml b/roles/transmission/tasks/main.yml
index 2abc6efe5..24258f981 100644
--- a/roles/transmission/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/transmission/tasks/main.yml
@@ -103,5 +103,6 @@
       value: "{{ transmission_kalite_languages }}"
     - option: transmission_username
       value: "{{ transmission_username }}"
-    - option: transmission_password
-      value: "{{ transmission_password }}"
+    # 2020-04-14: better to redact passwords from /etc/iiab/iiab.ini etc, so iiab-diagnostics command doesn't publish these, etc
+    #- option: transmission_password
+    #  value: "{{ transmission_password }}"