diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/auth/userpasswd.c b/sys/src/cmd/auth/userpasswd.c
index ec9741132..6f9e015b5 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/auth/userpasswd.c
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/auth/userpasswd.c
@@ -22,13 +22,11 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if(argc != 1)
 		usage();
 
+	quotefmtinstall();
 	up = auth_getuserpasswd(auth_getkey, "proto=pass %s", argv[0]);
-	if(up == nil)	/* bug in factotum, fixed but need to reboot servers -rsc, 2/10/2002 */
-		up = auth_getuserpasswd(nil, "proto=pass %s", argv[0]);
 	if(up == nil)
 		sysfatal("getuserpasswd: %r");
 
-	quotefmtinstall();
 	print("%s\n%s\n", up->user, up->passwd);
-	exits(0);
+	exits(nil);
 }