diff --git a/qemu/seed/image/BUILD.bazel b/qemu/seed/image/BUILD.bazel
index ac46a249ab8583b279e7f39a56e907bd4b1b9da4..2c91ca7155f200af0205c326d6162e51ab55b978 100644
--- a/qemu/seed/image/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/qemu/seed/image/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 load("@python_versions//3.11:defs.bzl", "compile_pip_requirements")
-load("@rules_python//python:defs.bzl", "py_binary", "py_library")
+load("@rules_python//python:defs.bzl", "py_binary")
 
 compile_pip_requirements(
     name = "requirements",
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ py_binary(
     main = "main.py",
     visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
     deps = [
-        "@rules_labgrid-qemu-seed-pkg//paramiko",
         "@rules_labgrid-qemu-seed-pkg//pycdlib",
         "@rules_python//python/runfiles",
     ],
@@ -22,22 +21,12 @@ py_binary(
 
 genrule(
     name = "genrule-seed-image",
-    outs = [
-        "id_ecdsa",
-        "id_ecdsa.pub",
-        "seed.iso",
-    ],
-    cmd = "$(location :seed-image) --image $(location seed.iso) --ssh-private-key $(location id_ecdsa) --ssh-public-key $(location id_ecdsa.pub)",
+    outs = ["seed.iso"],
+    cmd = "$(location :seed-image) --output $@",
     tools = [":seed-image"],
     visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
 )
 
-alias(
-    name = "ssh-private-key",
-    actual = "id_ecdsa",
-    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
-)
-
 alias(
     name = "image",
     actual = "seed.iso",
diff --git a/qemu/seed/image/main.py b/qemu/seed/image/main.py
index 472a70fc262b04608115cfd5da3ccca518324596..d91b14d8d704fc5e8414c3c1b9af8220d8dbce0a 100755
--- a/qemu/seed/image/main.py
+++ b/qemu/seed/image/main.py
@@ -1,19 +1,11 @@
 import io
-from argparse import ArgumentParser, ArgumentTypeError
-
-import paramiko
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
 import pycdlib
 
 
 def arguments(prsr: ArgumentParser) -> None:
     prsr.add_argument(
-        "--ssh-public-key", help="the path of the public key", type=str, required=True
-    )
-    prsr.add_argument(
-        "--ssh-private-key", help="the path of the private key", type=str, required=True
-    )
-    prsr.add_argument(
-        "--image", help="the path of the seed image", type=str, required=True
+        "--output", help="the path of the seed image", type=str, required=True
     )
 
 
@@ -21,27 +13,21 @@ def main():
     prsr = ArgumentParser()
     arguments(prsr)
     parsed = prsr.parse_args()
-    private_key_path = parsed.ssh_private_key
-    public_key_path = parsed.ssh_public_key
-    seed_image_path = parsed.image
-    key = paramiko.ECDSAKey.generate()
-    key.write_private_key_file(private_key_path)
-    public_key = f"{key.get_name()} {key.get_base64()}"
-
-    with open(public_key_path, "w") as f:
-        f.write(public_key)
+    seed_image_path = parsed.output
+   
 
     # generate_user_data file
     user_data = f"""\
     #cloud-config
     users:
-      - name: cloud-user
-        ssh-authorized-keys:
-          - {public_key}
-
-        sudo: ['ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL']
-        groups: sudo
-        shell: /bin/bash
+      - name: labgrid-user
+    chpasswd:
+      expire: false
+      users:
+        - name: labgrid-user
+          password: labgrid
+          type: text
+    ssh_pwauth: true
     """
 
     meta_data = """\
diff --git a/qemu/seed/image/requirements.in b/qemu/seed/image/requirements.in
index 7b7c625e95a584b2745ce184bb4be08f38955eb0..0c9bf3234363e4eca758d3b1288ae5cb7ac8f305 100755
--- a/qemu/seed/image/requirements.in
+++ b/qemu/seed/image/requirements.in
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-paramiko==3.4.1
 pycdlib==1.14.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/qemu/seed/image/requirements.txt b/qemu/seed/image/requirements.txt
index 04edafca6751acb238e8214006b5775bc3c0bb73..3464d016886ae1640ca6c375a41854ca98f8ca08 100755
--- a/qemu/seed/image/requirements.txt
+++ b/qemu/seed/image/requirements.txt
@@ -4,156 +4,7 @@
 #
 #    bazel run //qemu/seed/image:requirements.update
 #
-bcrypt==4.2.0 \
-    --hash=sha256:096a15d26ed6ce37a14c1ac1e48119660f21b24cba457f160a4b830f3fe6b5cb \
-    --hash=sha256:0da52759f7f30e83f1e30a888d9163a81353ef224d82dc58eb5bb52efcabc399 \
-    --hash=sha256:1bb429fedbe0249465cdd85a58e8376f31bb315e484f16e68ca4c786dcc04291 \
-    --hash=sha256:1d84cf6d877918620b687b8fd1bf7781d11e8a0998f576c7aa939776b512b98d \
-    --hash=sha256:1ee38e858bf5d0287c39b7a1fc59eec64bbf880c7d504d3a06a96c16e14058e7 \
-    --hash=sha256:1ff39b78a52cf03fdf902635e4c81e544714861ba3f0efc56558979dd4f09170 \
-    --hash=sha256:27fe0f57bb5573104b5a6de5e4153c60814c711b29364c10a75a54bb6d7ff48d \
-    --hash=sha256:3413bd60460f76097ee2e0a493ccebe4a7601918219c02f503984f0a7ee0aebe \
-    --hash=sha256:3698393a1b1f1fd5714524193849d0c6d524d33523acca37cd28f02899285060 \
-    --hash=sha256:373db9abe198e8e2c70d12b479464e0d5092cc122b20ec504097b5f2297ed184 \
-    --hash=sha256:39e1d30c7233cfc54f5c3f2c825156fe044efdd3e0b9d309512cc514a263ec2a \
-    --hash=sha256:3bbbfb2734f0e4f37c5136130405332640a1e46e6b23e000eeff2ba8d005da68 \
-    --hash=sha256:3d3a6d28cb2305b43feac298774b997e372e56c7c7afd90a12b3dc49b189151c \
-    --hash=sha256:5a1e8aa9b28ae28020a3ac4b053117fb51c57a010b9f969603ed885f23841458 \
-    --hash=sha256:61ed14326ee023917ecd093ee6ef422a72f3aec6f07e21ea5f10622b735538a9 \
-    --hash=sha256:655ea221910bcac76ea08aaa76df427ef8625f92e55a8ee44fbf7753dbabb328 \
-    --hash=sha256:762a2c5fb35f89606a9fde5e51392dad0cd1ab7ae64149a8b935fe8d79dd5ed7 \
-    --hash=sha256:77800b7147c9dc905db1cba26abe31e504d8247ac73580b4aa179f98e6608f34 \
-    --hash=sha256:8ac68872c82f1add6a20bd489870c71b00ebacd2e9134a8aa3f98a0052ab4b0e \
-    --hash=sha256:8d7bb9c42801035e61c109c345a28ed7e84426ae4865511eb82e913df18f58c2 \
-    --hash=sha256:8f6ede91359e5df88d1f5c1ef47428a4420136f3ce97763e31b86dd8280fbdf5 \
-    --hash=sha256:9c1c4ad86351339c5f320ca372dfba6cb6beb25e8efc659bedd918d921956bae \
-    --hash=sha256:c02d944ca89d9b1922ceb8a46460dd17df1ba37ab66feac4870f6862a1533c00 \
-    --hash=sha256:c52aac18ea1f4a4f65963ea4f9530c306b56ccd0c6f8c8da0c06976e34a6e841 \
-    --hash=sha256:cb2a8ec2bc07d3553ccebf0746bbf3d19426d1c6d1adbd4fa48925f66af7b9e8 \
-    --hash=sha256:cf69eaf5185fd58f268f805b505ce31f9b9fc2d64b376642164e9244540c1221 \
-    --hash=sha256:f4f4acf526fcd1c34e7ce851147deedd4e26e6402369304220250598b26448db
-    # via paramiko
-cffi==1.17.1 \
-    --hash=sha256:045d61c734659cc045141be4bae381a41d89b741f795af1dd018bfb532fd0df8 \
-    --hash=sha256:0984a4925a435b1da406122d4d7968dd861c1385afe3b45ba82b750f229811e2 \
-    --hash=sha256:0e2b1fac190ae3ebfe37b979cc1ce69c81f4e4fe5746bb401dca63a9062cdaf1 \
-    --hash=sha256:0f048dcf80db46f0098ccac01132761580d28e28bc0f78ae0d58048063317e15 \
-    --hash=sha256:1257bdabf294dceb59f5e70c64a3e2f462c30c7ad68092d01bbbfb1c16b1ba36 \
-    --hash=sha256:1c39c6016c32bc48dd54561950ebd6836e1670f2ae46128f67cf49e789c52824 \
-    --hash=sha256:1d599671f396c4723d016dbddb72fe8e0397082b0a77a4fab8028923bec050e8 \
-    --hash=sha256:28b16024becceed8c6dfbc75629e27788d8a3f9030691a1dbf9821a128b22c36 \
-    --hash=sha256:2bb1a08b8008b281856e5971307cc386a8e9c5b625ac297e853d36da6efe9c17 \
-    --hash=sha256:30c5e0cb5ae493c04c8b42916e52ca38079f1b235c2f8ae5f4527b963c401caf \
-    --hash=sha256:31000ec67d4221a71bd3f67df918b1f88f676f1c3b535a7eb473255fdc0b83fc \
-    --hash=sha256:386c8bf53c502fff58903061338ce4f4950cbdcb23e2902d86c0f722b786bbe3 \
-    --hash=sha256:3edc8d958eb099c634dace3c7e16560ae474aa3803a5df240542b305d14e14ed \
-    --hash=sha256:45398b671ac6d70e67da8e4224a065cec6a93541bb7aebe1b198a61b58c7b702 \
-    --hash=sha256:46bf43160c1a35f7ec506d254e5c890f3c03648a4dbac12d624e4490a7046cd1 \
-    --hash=sha256:4ceb10419a9adf4460ea14cfd6bc43d08701f0835e979bf821052f1805850fe8 \
-    --hash=sha256:51392eae71afec0d0c8fb1a53b204dbb3bcabcb3c9b807eedf3e1e6ccf2de903 \
-    --hash=sha256:5da5719280082ac6bd9aa7becb3938dc9f9cbd57fac7d2871717b1feb0902ab6 \
-    --hash=sha256:610faea79c43e44c71e1ec53a554553fa22321b65fae24889706c0a84d4ad86d \
-    --hash=sha256:636062ea65bd0195bc012fea9321aca499c0504409f413dc88af450b57ffd03b \
-    --hash=sha256:6883e737d7d9e4899a8a695e00ec36bd4e5e4f18fabe0aca0efe0a4b44cdb13e \
-    --hash=sha256:6b8b4a92e1c65048ff98cfe1f735ef8f1ceb72e3d5f0c25fdb12087a23da22be \
-    --hash=sha256:6f17be4345073b0a7b8ea599688f692ac3ef23ce28e5df79c04de519dbc4912c \
-    --hash=sha256:706510fe141c86a69c8ddc029c7910003a17353970cff3b904ff0686a5927683 \
-    --hash=sha256:72e72408cad3d5419375fc87d289076ee319835bdfa2caad331e377589aebba9 \
-    --hash=sha256:733e99bc2df47476e3848417c5a4540522f234dfd4ef3ab7fafdf555b082ec0c \
-    --hash=sha256:7596d6620d3fa590f677e9ee430df2958d2d6d6de2feeae5b20e82c00b76fbf8 \
-    --hash=sha256:78122be759c3f8a014ce010908ae03364d00a1f81ab5c7f4a7a5120607ea56e1 \
-    --hash=sha256:805b4371bf7197c329fcb3ead37e710d1bca9da5d583f5073b799d5c5bd1eee4 \
-    --hash=sha256:85a950a4ac9c359340d5963966e3e0a94a676bd6245a4b55bc43949eee26a655 \
-    --hash=sha256:8f2cdc858323644ab277e9bb925ad72ae0e67f69e804f4898c070998d50b1a67 \
-    --hash=sha256:9755e4345d1ec879e3849e62222a18c7174d65a6a92d5b346b1863912168b595 \
-    --hash=sha256:98e3969bcff97cae1b2def8ba499ea3d6f31ddfdb7635374834cf89a1a08ecf0 \
-    --hash=sha256:a08d7e755f8ed21095a310a693525137cfe756ce62d066e53f502a83dc550f65 \
-    --hash=sha256:a1ed2dd2972641495a3ec98445e09766f077aee98a1c896dcb4ad0d303628e41 \
-    --hash=sha256:a24ed04c8ffd54b0729c07cee15a81d964e6fee0e3d4d342a27b020d22959dc6 \
-    --hash=sha256:a45e3c6913c5b87b3ff120dcdc03f6131fa0065027d0ed7ee6190736a74cd401 \
-    --hash=sha256:a9b15d491f3ad5d692e11f6b71f7857e7835eb677955c00cc0aefcd0669adaf6 \
-    --hash=sha256:ad9413ccdeda48c5afdae7e4fa2192157e991ff761e7ab8fdd8926f40b160cc3 \
-    --hash=sha256:b2ab587605f4ba0bf81dc0cb08a41bd1c0a5906bd59243d56bad7668a6fc6c16 \
-    --hash=sha256:b62ce867176a75d03a665bad002af8e6d54644fad99a3c70905c543130e39d93 \
-    --hash=sha256:c03e868a0b3bc35839ba98e74211ed2b05d2119be4e8a0f224fba9384f1fe02e \
-    --hash=sha256:c59d6e989d07460165cc5ad3c61f9fd8f1b4796eacbd81cee78957842b834af4 \
-    --hash=sha256:c7eac2ef9b63c79431bc4b25f1cd649d7f061a28808cbc6c47b534bd789ef964 \
-    --hash=sha256:c9c3d058ebabb74db66e431095118094d06abf53284d9c81f27300d0e0d8bc7c \
-    --hash=sha256:ca74b8dbe6e8e8263c0ffd60277de77dcee6c837a3d0881d8c1ead7268c9e576 \
-    --hash=sha256:caaf0640ef5f5517f49bc275eca1406b0ffa6aa184892812030f04c2abf589a0 \
-    --hash=sha256:cdf5ce3acdfd1661132f2a9c19cac174758dc2352bfe37d98aa7512c6b7178b3 \
-    --hash=sha256:d016c76bdd850f3c626af19b0542c9677ba156e4ee4fccfdd7848803533ef662 \
-    --hash=sha256:d01b12eeeb4427d3110de311e1774046ad344f5b1a7403101878976ecd7a10f3 \
-    --hash=sha256:d63afe322132c194cf832bfec0dc69a99fb9bb6bbd550f161a49e9e855cc78ff \
-    --hash=sha256:da95af8214998d77a98cc14e3a3bd00aa191526343078b530ceb0bd710fb48a5 \
-    --hash=sha256:dd398dbc6773384a17fe0d3e7eeb8d1a21c2200473ee6806bb5e6a8e62bb73dd \
-    --hash=sha256:de2ea4b5833625383e464549fec1bc395c1bdeeb5f25c4a3a82b5a8c756ec22f \
-    --hash=sha256:de55b766c7aa2e2a3092c51e0483d700341182f08e67c63630d5b6f200bb28e5 \
-    --hash=sha256:df8b1c11f177bc2313ec4b2d46baec87a5f3e71fc8b45dab2ee7cae86d9aba14 \
-    --hash=sha256:e03eab0a8677fa80d646b5ddece1cbeaf556c313dcfac435ba11f107ba117b5d \
-    --hash=sha256:e221cf152cff04059d011ee126477f0d9588303eb57e88923578ace7baad17f9 \
-    --hash=sha256:e31ae45bc2e29f6b2abd0de1cc3b9d5205aa847cafaecb8af1476a609a2f6eb7 \
-    --hash=sha256:edae79245293e15384b51f88b00613ba9f7198016a5948b5dddf4917d4d26382 \
-    --hash=sha256:f1e22e8c4419538cb197e4dd60acc919d7696e5ef98ee4da4e01d3f8cfa4cc5a \
-    --hash=sha256:f3a2b4222ce6b60e2e8b337bb9596923045681d71e5a082783484d845390938e \
-    --hash=sha256:f6a16c31041f09ead72d69f583767292f750d24913dadacf5756b966aacb3f1a \
-    --hash=sha256:f75c7ab1f9e4aca5414ed4d8e5c0e303a34f4421f8a0d47a4d019ceff0ab6af4 \
-    --hash=sha256:f79fc4fc25f1c8698ff97788206bb3c2598949bfe0fef03d299eb1b5356ada99 \
-    --hash=sha256:f7f5baafcc48261359e14bcd6d9bff6d4b28d9103847c9e136694cb0501aef87 \
-    --hash=sha256:fc48c783f9c87e60831201f2cce7f3b2e4846bf4d8728eabe54d60700b318a0b
-    # via
-    #   cryptography
-    #   pynacl
-cryptography==43.0.1 \
-    --hash=sha256:014f58110f53237ace6a408b5beb6c427b64e084eb451ef25a28308270086494 \
-    --hash=sha256:1bbcce1a551e262dfbafb6e6252f1ae36a248e615ca44ba302df077a846a8806 \
-    --hash=sha256:203e92a75716d8cfb491dc47c79e17d0d9207ccffcbcb35f598fbe463ae3444d \
-    --hash=sha256:27e613d7077ac613e399270253259d9d53872aaf657471473ebfc9a52935c062 \
-    --hash=sha256:2bd51274dcd59f09dd952afb696bf9c61a7a49dfc764c04dd33ef7a6b502a1e2 \
-    --hash=sha256:38926c50cff6f533f8a2dae3d7f19541432610d114a70808f0926d5aaa7121e4 \
-    --hash=sha256:511f4273808ab590912a93ddb4e3914dfd8a388fed883361b02dea3791f292e1 \
-    --hash=sha256:58d4e9129985185a06d849aa6df265bdd5a74ca6e1b736a77959b498e0505b85 \
-    --hash=sha256:5b43d1ea6b378b54a1dc99dd8a2b5be47658fe9a7ce0a58ff0b55f4b43ef2b84 \
-    --hash=sha256:61ec41068b7b74268fa86e3e9e12b9f0c21fcf65434571dbb13d954bceb08042 \
-    --hash=sha256:666ae11966643886c2987b3b721899d250855718d6d9ce41b521252a17985f4d \
-    --hash=sha256:68aaecc4178e90719e95298515979814bda0cbada1256a4485414860bd7ab962 \
-    --hash=sha256:7c05650fe8023c5ed0d46793d4b7d7e6cd9c04e68eabe5b0aeea836e37bdcec2 \
-    --hash=sha256:80eda8b3e173f0f247f711eef62be51b599b5d425c429b5d4ca6a05e9e856baa \
-    --hash=sha256:8385d98f6a3bf8bb2d65a73e17ed87a3ba84f6991c155691c51112075f9ffc5d \
-    --hash=sha256:88cce104c36870d70c49c7c8fd22885875d950d9ee6ab54df2745f83ba0dc365 \
-    --hash=sha256:9d3cdb25fa98afdd3d0892d132b8d7139e2c087da1712041f6b762e4f807cc96 \
-    --hash=sha256:a575913fb06e05e6b4b814d7f7468c2c660e8bb16d8d5a1faf9b33ccc569dd47 \
-    --hash=sha256:ac119bb76b9faa00f48128b7f5679e1d8d437365c5d26f1c2c3f0da4ce1b553d \
-    --hash=sha256:c1332724be35d23a854994ff0b66530119500b6053d0bd3363265f7e5e77288d \
-    --hash=sha256:d03a475165f3134f773d1388aeb19c2d25ba88b6a9733c5c590b9ff7bbfa2e0c \
-    --hash=sha256:d75601ad10b059ec832e78823b348bfa1a59f6b8d545db3a24fd44362a1564cb \
-    --hash=sha256:de41fd81a41e53267cb020bb3a7212861da53a7d39f863585d13ea11049cf277 \
-    --hash=sha256:e710bf40870f4db63c3d7d929aa9e09e4e7ee219e703f949ec4073b4294f6172 \
-    --hash=sha256:ea25acb556320250756e53f9e20a4177515f012c9eaea17eb7587a8c4d8ae034 \
-    --hash=sha256:f98bf604c82c416bc829e490c700ca1553eafdf2912a91e23a79d97d9801372a \
-    --hash=sha256:fba1007b3ef89946dbbb515aeeb41e30203b004f0b4b00e5e16078b518563289
-    # via paramiko
-paramiko==3.4.1 \
-    --hash=sha256:8b15302870af7f6652f2e038975c1d2973f06046cb5d7d65355668b3ecbece0c \
-    --hash=sha256:8e49fd2f82f84acf7ffd57c64311aa2b30e575370dc23bdb375b10262f7eac32
-    # via -r qemu/seed/image/requirements.in
 pycdlib==1.14.0 \
     --hash=sha256:8ec306b31d9c850f28c5fda52438d904edd1e8fcf862c5ffd756272efac9f422 \
     --hash=sha256:a905827335f0066af3fd416c5cf9b1f29dffaf4d0914b714555213d1809f38d4
     # via -r qemu/seed/image/requirements.in
-pycparser==2.22 \
-    --hash=sha256:491c8be9c040f5390f5bf44a5b07752bd07f56edf992381b05c701439eec10f6 \
-    --hash=sha256:c3702b6d3dd8c7abc1afa565d7e63d53a1d0bd86cdc24edd75470f4de499cfcc
-    # via cffi
-pynacl==1.5.0 \
-    --hash=sha256:06b8f6fa7f5de8d5d2f7573fe8c863c051225a27b61e6860fd047b1775807858 \
-    --hash=sha256:0c84947a22519e013607c9be43706dd42513f9e6ae5d39d3613ca1e142fba44d \
-    --hash=sha256:20f42270d27e1b6a29f54032090b972d97f0a1b0948cc52392041ef7831fee93 \
-    --hash=sha256:401002a4aaa07c9414132aaed7f6836ff98f59277a234704ff66878c2ee4a0d1 \
-    --hash=sha256:52cb72a79269189d4e0dc537556f4740f7f0a9ec41c1322598799b0bdad4ef92 \
-    --hash=sha256:61f642bf2378713e2c2e1de73444a3778e5f0a38be6fee0fe532fe30060282ff \
-    --hash=sha256:8ac7448f09ab85811607bdd21ec2464495ac8b7c66d146bf545b0f08fb9220ba \
-    --hash=sha256:a36d4a9dda1f19ce6e03c9a784a2921a4b726b02e1c736600ca9c22029474394 \
-    --hash=sha256:a422368fc821589c228f4c49438a368831cb5bbc0eab5ebe1d7fac9dded6567b \
-    --hash=sha256:e46dae94e34b085175f8abb3b0aaa7da40767865ac82c928eeb9e57e1ea8a543
-    # via paramiko