diff --git a/src/Web/wwwroot/app/accounts/accountsRegisterController.js b/src/Web/wwwroot/app/accounts/accountsRegisterController.js
index 3ba2860ee4..b4f37b0fc4 100644
--- a/src/Web/wwwroot/app/accounts/accountsRegisterController.js
+++ b/src/Web/wwwroot/app/accounts/accountsRegisterController.js
@@ -13,11 +13,8 @@ angular
         $scope.register = function (form) {
             var error = false;
 
-            if ($scope.model.masterPassword.length < 8 || !/[a-z]/i.test($scope.model.masterPassword) ||
-                /^[a-zA-Z]*$/.test($scope.model.masterPassword)) {
-                validationService.addError(form, 'MasterPassword',
-                    'Master password must be at least 8 characters long and contain at least 1 letter and 1 number ' +
-                    'or special character.', true);
+            if ($scope.model.masterPassword.length < 8) {
+                validationService.addError(form, 'MasterPassword', 'Master password must be at least 8 characters long.', true);
                 error = true;
             }
             if ($scope.model.masterPassword !== $scope.model.confirmMasterPassword) {
diff --git a/src/Web/wwwroot/app/settings/settingsChangePasswordController.js b/src/Web/wwwroot/app/settings/settingsChangePasswordController.js
index 7c2dd8bf63..26d5834c81 100644
--- a/src/Web/wwwroot/app/settings/settingsChangePasswordController.js
+++ b/src/Web/wwwroot/app/settings/settingsChangePasswordController.js
@@ -7,11 +7,9 @@
         $scope.save = function (model, form) {
             var error = false;
 
-            if ($scope.model.newMasterPassword.length < 8 || !/[a-z]/i.test($scope.model.newMasterPassword) ||
-                /^[a-zA-Z]*$/.test($scope.model.newMasterPassword)) {
+            if ($scope.model.newMasterPassword.length < 8) {
                 validationService.addError(form, 'NewMasterPasswordHash',
-                    'Master password must be at least 8 characters long and contain at least 1 letter and 1 number ' +
-                    'or special character.', true);
+                    'Master password must be at least 8 characters long.', true);
                 error = true;
             }
             if ($scope.model.newMasterPassword !== $scope.model.confirmNewMasterPassword) {