User resource not removing password on AIX agents

Puppet Version: 7.8.0
Puppet Server Version: PE 2021.2 ( 7.2.0)
OS Name/Version: AIX 7.2

when deleting a user with Puppet (User resource type), the password entry in /etc/security/passwd is not being cleaned up.

Resource definition example:

  user { 'saaddm':

    ensure     => 'absent',

    managehome => true

  }

Debug:

(130)PROD:root@xxxxxx:/root# puppet agent -t --debug 2>&1 | grep rmuser
Debug: Executing: '/usr/sbin/rmuser saaddm'
(0)PROD:root@xxxxxx:/root#

Desired Behavior: password gets cleaned up

Actual Behavior: password is still present in /etc/security/passwd