diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 763bf1e..4b1a3e1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ jobs:
           logger: pretty
           log-directives: nix_installer=trace
           backtrace: full
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: echo $PATH
         run: echo $PATH
       - name: Test `nix` with `$GITHUB_PATH`
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ jobs:
           logger: pretty
           log-directives: nix_installer=trace
           backtrace: full
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Test `nix` with `$GITHUB_PATH`
         if: success() || failure()
         run: |
@@ -57,7 +55,6 @@ jobs:
           logger: pretty
           log-directives: nix_installer=trace
           backtrace: full
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           reinstall: true
       - name: Test `nix` with `$GITHUB_PATH`
         if: success() || failure()
@@ -79,7 +76,6 @@ jobs:
           logger: pretty
           log-directives: nix_installer=trace
           backtrace: full
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: echo $PATH
         run: echo $PATH
       - name: Test `nix` with `$GITHUB_PATH`
@@ -108,7 +104,6 @@ jobs:
           logger: pretty
           log-directives: nix_installer=trace
           backtrace: full
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Test `nix` with `$GITHUB_PATH`
         if: success() || failure()
         run: |
@@ -123,7 +118,6 @@ jobs:
           logger: pretty
           log-directives: nix_installer=trace
           backtrace: full
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           reinstall: true
       - name: Test `nix` with `$GITHUB_PATH`
         if: success() || failure()
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 71f1c8e..4e764be 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Install Nix
       uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@main
-      with:
-        # Allow the installed Nix to make authenticated Github requests.
-        # If you skip this, you will likely get rate limited.
-        github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     - name: Run `nix build`
       run: nix build .
 ```