diff --git a/plugin/pkg/authenticator/password/allow/allow.go b/plugin/pkg/authenticator/password/allow/allow.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ca0ee234..000000000
--- a/plugin/pkg/authenticator/password/allow/allow.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2014 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package allow
-
-import (
-	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/authenticator"
-	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/user"
-)
-
-type allowAuthenticator struct{}
-
-// NewAllow returns a password authenticator that allows any non-empty username
-func NewAllow() authenticator.Password {
-	return allowAuthenticator{}
-}
-
-// AuthenticatePassword implements authenticator.Password to allow any non-empty username,
-// using the specified username as the name and UID
-func (allowAuthenticator) AuthenticatePassword(username, password string) (user.Info, bool, error) {
-	if username == "" {
-		return nil, false, nil
-	}
-	return &user.DefaultInfo{Name: username, UID: username}, true, nil
-}
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/authenticator/password/allow/allow_test.go b/plugin/pkg/authenticator/password/allow/allow_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 58d217091..000000000
--- a/plugin/pkg/authenticator/password/allow/allow_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2014 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package allow
-
-import "testing"
-
-func TestAllowEmpty(t *testing.T) {
-	allow := NewAllow()
-	user, ok, err := allow.AuthenticatePassword("", "")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
-	}
-	if ok {
-		t.Fatalf("Unexpected success")
-	}
-	if user != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Unexpected user: %v", user)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestAllowPresent(t *testing.T) {
-	allow := NewAllow()
-	user, ok, err := allow.AuthenticatePassword("myuser", "")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
-	}
-	if !ok {
-		t.Fatalf("Unexpected failure")
-	}
-	if user.GetName() != "myuser" || user.GetUID() != "myuser" {
-		t.Fatalf("Unexpected user name or uid: %v", user)
-	}
-}