diff --git a/tailbone/templates/deform/checked_password.pt b/tailbone/templates/deform/checked_password.pt
index f78c0b85..2121f01d 100644
--- a/tailbone/templates/deform/checked_password.pt
+++ b/tailbone/templates/deform/checked_password.pt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <div i18n:domain="deform" tal:omit-tag=""
       tal:define="oid oid|field.oid;
                   name name|field.name;
+                  vmodel vmodel|'field_model_' + name;
                   css_class css_class|field.widget.css_class;
                   style style|field.widget.style;">
 
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@
     ${field.start_mapping()}
     <b-input type="password"
              name="${name}"
-             value="${field.widget.redisplay and cstruct or ''}"
+             v-model="${vmodel}"
              tal:attributes="class string: form-control ${css_class or ''};
                              style style;
                              attributes|field.widget.attributes|{};"
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@
     </b-input>
     <b-input type="password"
              name="${name}-confirm"
-             value="${field.widget.redisplay and confirm or ''}"
              tal:attributes="class string: form-control ${css_class or ''};
                              style style;
                              confirm_attributes|field.widget.confirm_attributes|{};"
diff --git a/tailbone/views/auth.py b/tailbone/views/auth.py
index a54a19a9..1338c107 100644
--- a/tailbone/views/auth.py
+++ b/tailbone/views/auth.py
@@ -44,28 +44,6 @@ class UserLogin(colander.MappingSchema):
                                    widget=dfwidget.PasswordWidget())
 
 
-@colander.deferred
-def current_password_correct(node, kw):
-    request = kw['request']
-    app = request.rattail_config.get_app()
-    auth = app.get_auth_handler()
-    user = kw['user']
-    def validate(node, value):
-        if not auth.authenticate_user(Session(), user.username, value):
-            raise colander.Invalid(node, "The password is incorrect")
-    return validate
-
-
-class ChangePassword(colander.MappingSchema):
-
-    current_password = colander.SchemaNode(colander.String(),
-                                           widget=dfwidget.PasswordWidget(),
-                                           validator=current_password_correct)
-
-    new_password = colander.SchemaNode(colander.String(),
-                                       widget=dfwidget.CheckedPasswordWidget())
-
-
 class AuthenticationView(View):
 
     def forbidden(self):
@@ -181,7 +159,23 @@ class AuthenticationView(View):
                 self.request.user))
             return self.redirect(self.request.get_referrer())
 
-        schema = ChangePassword().bind(user=self.request.user, request=self.request)
+        def check_user_password(node, value):
+            auth = self.app.get_auth_handler()
+            user = self.request.user
+            if not auth.check_user_password(user, value):
+                node.raise_invalid("The password is incorrect")
+
+        schema = colander.Schema()
+
+        schema.add(colander.SchemaNode(colander.String(),
+                                       name='current_password',
+                                       widget=dfwidget.PasswordWidget(),
+                                       validator=check_user_password))
+
+        schema.add(colander.SchemaNode(colander.String(),
+                                       name='new_password',
+                                       widget=dfwidget.CheckedPasswordWidget()))
+
         form = forms.Form(schema=schema, request=self.request)
         if form.validate():
             auth = self.app.get_auth_handler()