diff --git a/provider.tf b/provider.tf
index 0d748ad..5617569 100644
--- a/provider.tf
+++ b/provider.tf
@@ -8,10 +8,3 @@ terraform {
   required_version = ">= 0.13"
 }
 
-# provider "proxmox" {
-#   pm_api_url      = var.proxmox_url
-#   pm_user         = var.proxmox_user
-#   pm_password     = var.proxmox_password
-#   pm_tls_insecure = true
-# }
-
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 180202d..14493c4 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -3,14 +3,6 @@ variable "proxmox_url" {
   default     = "https://proxmox.i.kjuulh.io/api2/json"
 }
 
-variable "proxmox_user" {
-  description = "proxmox username (eg. <name>@pve)"
-}
-
-variable "proxmox_password" {
-  description = "proxmox password"
-}
-
 variable "proxmox_ip" {
   description = "the ip address of the proxmox instance"
   default     = "10.0.11.0"