diff --git a/packages/addons/service/proftpd/source/bin/proftpd.start b/packages/addons/service/proftpd/source/bin/proftpd.start
index d1dcc1907f..04603893cc 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/proftpd/source/bin/proftpd.start
+++ b/packages/addons/service/proftpd/source/bin/proftpd.start
@@ -99,18 +99,18 @@ chmod 700 /var/config/proftpd.passwd
 
 for NUM in $(seq 1 100); do
 
-  case "$CryptoHash" in
-    "0") password_salt=$(python -c "import crypt; print(crypt.mksalt(crypt.METHOD_SHA512))");;
-    "1") password_salt=$(python -c "import crypt; print(crypt.mksalt(crypt.METHOD_SHA256))");;
-    "2") password_salt=$(python -c "import crypt; print(crypt.mksalt(crypt.METHOD_MD5))");;
-  esac
-
   USERNAME=$(eval echo \$Username${NUM})
   USERPASS=$(eval echo \$Userpass${NUM})
   USERPATH=$(eval echo \$Userpath${NUM})
 
+  case "$CryptoHash" in
+    "0") password_entry=$(openssl passwd -6 "${USERPASS}");;
+    "1") password_entry=$(openssl passwd -5 "${USERPASS}");;
+    "2") password_entry=$(openssl passwd -1 "${USERPASS}");;
+  esac
+
   if [ -n "$USERNAME" ]; then
-    echo $USERNAME:$(python -c "import crypt; print(crypt.crypt('${USERPASS}', '${password_salt}'))"):10:10::$USERPATH:/bin/false >> /var/config/proftpd.passwd
+    echo $USERNAME:$password_entry:10:10::$USERPATH:/bin/false >> /var/config/proftpd.passwd
     # user writes with different user/group
     mkdir -p "$USERPATH"
     chmod 777 "$USERPATH"