diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 48a6bfc9c54f44d09a16fe127e34634cf4ee4106..e2dca3160f1c5c83af37127ebc841851ff33416b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ variables:
   TF_VAR_external_network: "xdmod-packer-dmznet"
   GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: "recursive"
   GIT_SUBMODULE_UPDATE_FLAGS: "--force"
-  AWS_PROFILE: "krish94"
-  ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TMP: "/tmp"
   AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: "bhm"
   AWS_HOST: "s3.lts.rc.uab.edu"
   BUCKET_NAME: "xdmod-vol"
@@ -40,10 +38,6 @@ prep-deploy:
     - export BUILD_DATE=$(TZ=America/Chicago date +%Y-%m-%dT%H%M%S)
     - apt-get update -qy
     - apt-get install -y awscli
-    - echo "[default]" > ~/.aws/credentials
-    - echo "aws_access_key_id = $AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID" >> ~/.aws/credentials
-    - echo "aws_secret_access_key = $AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY" >> ~/.aws/credentials
-    - aws configure set default.region $AWS_DEFAULT_REGION  
     - s3cmd get --force -r --host=$AWS_HOST --host-bucket=$AWS_HOST s3://xdmod-vol/ /tmp
     - ls -l /tmp
     - |