diff --git a/lib/importer.js b/lib/importer.js
index 5731a98..723f35f 100644
--- a/lib/importer.js
+++ b/lib/importer.js
@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@ var sanitise = function(string) {
       return string.replace(/(\\+u0000)|\u0000/g, ''); // eslint-disable-line
 };
 
+const removeSecurityDetails = function(doc) {
+  const isUserDoc = doc && doc.type === 'user' && doc._id.startsWith('org.couchdb.user:');
+  if (isUserDoc) {
+    delete doc.password_scheme;
+    delete doc.derived_key;
+    delete doc.salt;
+  }
+};
+
 var deleteDocuments = function(db, postgresTable, docIdsToDelete) {
   if (docIdsToDelete && docIdsToDelete.length) {
     var query = format(DELETE_STMT, postgresTable, docIdsToDelete);
@@ -95,16 +104,13 @@ var loadAndStoreDocs = function(db, couchdb, concurrentDocLimit, docsToDownload,
     }).then(function(couchDbResult) {
       log.debug('Inserting ' + couchDbResult.rows.length + ' results into postgresql');
 
-      var insertSql = format(
-        INSERT_DOC_STMT,
-        postgresTable,
-        couchDbResult.rows.map(function(row) {
-          return [row.doc];
-        })
-      );
+      const docsToInsert = couchDbResult.rows.map(function(row) {
+        removeSecurityDetails(row.doc);
+        return [row.doc];
+      });
 
+      let insertSql = format(INSERT_DOC_STMT, postgresTable, docsToInsert);
       insertSql = sanitise(insertSql);
-
       return db.query(insertSql);
     }).then(function() {
       return loadAndStoreDocs(db, couchdb, concurrentDocLimit, docsToDownload, postgresTable);
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d90315a..13dfd88 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "couch2pg",
-  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "version": "0.7.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4f5f000..be37e44 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "couch2pg",
-  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "version": "0.7.1",
   "bin": {
     "couch2pg": "./cli.js"
   },
diff --git a/tests/unit/importer.js b/tests/unit/importer.js
index dd92de8..2166c27 100644
--- a/tests/unit/importer.js
+++ b/tests/unit/importer.js
@@ -71,6 +71,50 @@ describe('importer', function() {
         allDocs.args[0][0].keys.should.deep.equal(['123']);
       });
     });
+
+    it('removes security information from user docs', function () {
+      const userDocId = 'org.couchdb.user:test_user';
+      sinon.stub(db, 'one').resolves(STORED_SEQ);
+      sinon.stub(couchdb, 'changes')
+        .onCall(0).resolves({
+          results: [
+            { id: userDocId, seq: 1 },
+          ],
+          last_seq: 2
+        })
+        .onCall(1).resolves({
+          results: [],
+          last_seq: 2
+        });
+      const query = sinon.stub(db, 'query').resolves();
+      const allDocs = sinon.stub(couchdb, 'allDocs');
+      allDocs.resolves({
+        rows: [{
+          id: userDocId,
+          doc: {
+            _id: userDocId,
+            _rev: '3-37b63ea82ca461bfa6b3d4cfda7dbf88',
+            name: 'test_user',
+            type: 'user',
+            roles: ['chw'],
+            facility_id: 'c0ca5e2b-508a-4ba7-b934-f6e4751223bf',
+            password_scheme: 'pbkdf2',
+            iterations: 10,
+            derived_key: '5ccbfab2b06a67450c3fbcda9fc0f4e27e5ba957',
+            salt: '713733ce185df96773d6bd4a860749ee'
+          }
+        }],
+      });
+
+      return importer(db, couchdb).importBatch().then(function() {
+        allDocs.args[0][0].keys.should.deep.equal([userDocId]);
+        query.args[1][0].should.include(`INSERT INTO couchdb (doc) VALUES ('{"_id":"${userDocId}"`);
+        query.args[1][0].should.include(`"roles":["chw"],`);
+        query.args[1][0].should.not.include('derived_key');
+        query.args[1][0].should.not.include('salt');
+        query.args[1][0].should.not.include('password_scheme');
+      });
+    })
   });
 
   describe('IO failure propagation:', function() {