diff --git a/live/terragrunt.hcl b/live/terragrunt.hcl
index faef781..513f8ac 100644
--- a/live/terragrunt.hcl
+++ b/live/terragrunt.hcl
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ provider "kafka" {
 ${get_env("KAFKA_CA_CERT", "")}
 EOT
 %{endif~}
-%{if trimspace(get_env("KAFKA_SASL_MECHANISM", "plain")) != "none"~}
-  sasl_mechanism    = "${trimspace(get_env("KAFKA_SASL_MECHANISM", "plain"))}"
+%{if get_env("KAFKA_ADMIN_PASSWORD", "") != ""~}
+  sasl_mechanism    = "${get_env("KAFKA_SASL_MECHANISM", "plain")}"
   sasl_username     = "${get_env("KAFKA_ADMIN_USER", "inter_broker_user")}"
   sasl_password     = "${get_env("KAFKA_ADMIN_PASSWORD", "")}"
 %{endif~}