diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 3d1bf18c6c..406c348a00 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
 #include "virdomainsnapshotobjlist.h"
 #include "virdomaincheckpointobjlist.h"
 #include "virutil.h"
-#include "virsecureerase.h"
 #include "virdomainjob.h"
 
 #define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_DOMAIN
@@ -10862,7 +10861,6 @@ virDomainGraphicsAuthDefParseXML(xmlNodePtr node,
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
                            _("cannot parse password validity time '%s', expect YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS"),
                            validTo);
-            virSecureEraseString(def->passwd);
             VIR_FREE(def->passwd);
             return -1;
         }