diff --git a/tools/spec-gen-sdk/src/cli/cli.ts b/tools/spec-gen-sdk/src/cli/cli.ts
index aa68b0cb1d2..db84dbfb9c2 100644
--- a/tools/spec-gen-sdk/src/cli/cli.ts
+++ b/tools/spec-gen-sdk/src/cli/cli.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ export type SpecGenSdkCliConfig = {
   env: string;
   workingFolder: string;
   isTriggeredByPipeline: boolean;
-  githubToken: string;
   localSpecRepoPath: string;
   localSdkRepoPath: string;
   tspConfigPath?: string;
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ const initCliConfig = (argv) : SpecGenSdkCliConfig => {
     env: argv.env,
     workingFolder: argv.workingFolder,
     isTriggeredByPipeline: argv.isTriggeredByPipeline,
-    githubToken: argv.githubToken,
     localSpecRepoPath: argv.localSpecRepoPath,
     localSdkRepoPath: argv.localSdkRepoPath,
     tspConfigPath: argv.tspConfigRelativePath,
@@ -134,10 +132,6 @@ yargs(hideBin(process.argv))
           description: 'Flag to indicate if triggered by pipeline',
           default: false,
         },
-        'github-token': {
-          type: "string",
-          description: "The token to access the github repository",
-        },
         'tsp-config-relative-path': {
           type: "string",
           description: "Path to the tsp config file from the root folder of specification repository. Example: specification/contosowidgetmanager/Contoso.Management/tspconfig.yaml",