diff --git a/.circleci/dynamic_config.yml b/.circleci/dynamic_config.yml
index 836d01ea0e..83a0ddc916 100644
--- a/.circleci/dynamic_config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/dynamic_config.yml
@@ -317,17 +317,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - custom_attach_workspace
       - install_python
-      - run:
-          name: Decrypt Credentials
-          # Note: when changing the image, you might have to re-encrypt the credentials with a
-          # matching version of openssl.
-          # See https://stackoverflow.com/a/43847627/2116927 for more info.
-          command: |
-            openssl aes-256-cbc -d -in .circleci/github_token -k "${KEY}" -out ~/github_token -md md5
       - run:
           name: Deployment to Snapshot
-          command: |
-            yarn admin snapshots --verbose --githubTokenFile=${HOME}/github_token
+          command: yarn admin snapshots --verbose
       - fail_fast
 
   publish_artifacts:
diff --git a/.circleci/github_token b/.circleci/github_token
deleted file mode 100644
index 450cb2c93f..0000000000
--- a/.circleci/github_token
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Salted__z�����"B��Y��|�ۍ�V�QֳUzW�/G��R�e}j�%���<%������
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/snapshots.ts b/scripts/snapshots.ts
index 37a97f3b42..46b0f204c6 100644
--- a/scripts/snapshots.ts
+++ b/scripts/snapshots.ts
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ async function _publishSnapshot(
 
 export interface SnapshotsOptions {
   force?: boolean;
-  githubTokenFile?: string;
   githubToken?: string;
   branch?: string;
 }
@@ -151,11 +150,7 @@ export default async function (opts: SnapshotsOptions, logger: logging.Logger) {
     branch = '' + process.env['CIRCLE_BRANCH'];
   }
 
-  const githubToken = (
-    opts.githubToken ||
-    (opts.githubTokenFile && fs.readFileSync(opts.githubTokenFile, 'utf-8')) ||
-    ''
-  ).trim();
+  const githubToken = (opts.githubToken || process.env.SNAPSHOT_BUILDS_GITHUB_TOKEN || '').trim();
 
   if (githubToken) {
     logger.info('Setting up global git name.');