pass

diff --git a/library/Icinga/Authentication/User/DbUserBackend.php b/library/Icinga/Authentication/User/DbUserBackend.php
index 6d6e11c52..0a1f30215 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Authentication/User/DbUserBackend.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Authentication/User/DbUserBackend.php
@@ -225,9 +225,7 @@ class DbUserBackend extends DbRepository implements UserBackendInterface, Inspec
     {
         try {
             $passwordHash = $this->getPasswordHash($user->getUsername());
-            $passwordSalt = $this->getSalt($passwordHash);
-            $hashToCompare = $this->hashPassword($password, $passwordSalt);
-            return $hashToCompare === $passwordHash;
+            return (crypt($password, $passwordHash) == $passwordHash);
         } catch (Exception $e) {
             throw new AuthenticationException(
                 'Failed to authenticate user "%s" against backend "%s". An exception was thrown:',
@@ -239,18 +237,6 @@ class DbUserBackend extends DbRepository implements UserBackendInterface, Inspec
     }

     /**
-     * Extract salt from the given password hash
-     *
-     * @param   string  $hash   The hashed password
-     *
-     * @return  string
-     */
-    protected function getSalt($hash)
-    {
-        return substr($hash, strlen(self::HASH_ALGORITHM), self::SALT_LENGTH);
-    }
-
-    /**
      * Return a random salt
      *
      * The returned salt is safe to be used for hashing a user's password