diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/matrix.rs b/hive-c0re/src/matrix.rs
index 4fd5e1c9..a2750e88 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/matrix.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/matrix.rs
@@ -378,14 +378,6 @@ fn extract_new_password(bot_message: &str) -> Option<String> {
         "reset to:",
         "set to: ",
         "set to:",
-        // Generic "… to: <pw>" form. tuwunel's actual reset-password reply is
-        // "Successfully reset password for @user:server to: <password>" — the
-        // password follows " to: " but no recognised verb sits adjacent to it,
-        // so the markers above miss it. Matrix user ids / server names can't
-        // contain " to: ", so this only ever anchors on the prose delimiter.
-        // Placed after the specific verb markers and before the bare
-        // "password:" last resort.
-        " to: ",
         // Bare "new password:" without "is":
         "new password: ",
         "new password:",
@@ -395,15 +387,10 @@ fn extract_new_password(bot_message: &str) -> Option<String> {
     ] {
         if let Some(pos) = lower.find(marker) {
             let rest = &bot_message[pos + marker.len()..];
-            // Strip leading whitespace, then a leading code-span backtick:
-            // tuwunel renders the password as a code span, so the plain
-            // `body` carries literal backticks ("… to: `<pw>`").
-            let rest = rest.trim_start().trim_start_matches('`');
-            // The password ends at the first whitespace OR the closing
-            // backtick. Generated passwords contain neither, so this never
-            // truncates a real password mid-token.
+            let rest = rest.trim_start();
+            // Stop at first whitespace or newline; password must be non-empty.
             let end = rest
-                .find(|c: char| c.is_whitespace() || c == '`')
+                .find(char::is_whitespace)
                 .unwrap_or(rest.len());
             let pw = rest[..end].trim();
             if !pw.is_empty() {
@@ -472,37 +459,6 @@ mod extract_new_password_tests {
         assert_eq!(extract_new_password(msg).as_deref(), Some("hunter2"));
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn tuwunel_reset_password_for_to_variant() {
-        // The actual tuwunel admin-room reply observed in production — the
-        // verb ("reset") is not adjacent to "to:", so only the generic
-        // " to: " marker catches it.
-        let msg = "Successfully reset password for @atlas:pr1ma.darkest.space to: N3wP@ssw0rd";
-        assert_eq!(extract_new_password(msg).as_deref(), Some("N3wP@ssw0rd"));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn to_marker_not_confused_by_user_id() {
-        // The user id contains no " to: " so the marker only fires on the
-        // real delimiter; the password is the token right after it.
-        let msg = "Successfully reset password for @sock:pr1ma.darkest.space to: abc123XYZ";
-        assert_eq!(extract_new_password(msg).as_deref(), Some("abc123XYZ"));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn backtick_wrapped_password() {
-        // tuwunel renders the password as a code span; the plain body
-        // carries literal backticks. Strip them, don't capture them.
-        let msg = "Successfully reset password for @atlas:pr1ma.darkest.space to: `N3wP@ssw0rd`";
-        assert_eq!(extract_new_password(msg).as_deref(), Some("N3wP@ssw0rd"));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn backtick_wrapped_with_trailing_text() {
-        let msg = "Done. New password is: `hunter2` (store it now)";
-        assert_eq!(extract_new_password(msg).as_deref(), Some("hunter2"));
-    }
-
     #[test]
     fn bare_new_password_colon() {
         let msg = "New password: P@ssword1";