diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests-and-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests-and-lint.yml
index 28a208b20..86d5e47ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests-and-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests-and-lint.yml
@@ -76,4 +76,3 @@ jobs:
       AWS_PROD_ACCOUNT_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_PROD_ACCOUNT_ID }}
       AWS_PROD_S3_BUCKET_NAME: ${{ secrets.AWS_PROD_S3_BUCKET_NAME }}
       AWS_PROD_S3_SYNC_ROLE: ${{ secrets.AWS_PROD_S3_SYNC_ROLE }}
-      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-cache-policy.yml b/.github/workflows/update-cache-policy.yml
index 7921fc1f0..8aea81f83 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-cache-policy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-cache-policy.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ on:
         required: true
       AWS_PROD_S3_SYNC_ROLE:
         required: true
-      GITHUB_TOKEN:
-        required: true
 
 permissions:
   id-token: write # allows the JWT to be requested from GitHub's OIDC provider