diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 4dcc42b..4bcb69a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -123,9 +123,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: "22.x"
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
-      - run: npm config set //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=$NPM_PUBLISH_TOKEN
-        env:
-          NPM_PUBLISH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_PUBLISH_TOKEN }}
       - name: Publish npm packages
         run: |
           npm publish ./npm/datadog-serverless-compat-linux-x64 --provenance --access public