diff --git a/flow/connectors/utils/aws.go b/flow/connectors/utils/aws.go
index b8d7b3b21a..5e35828960 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/utils/aws.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/utils/aws.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/credentials"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/s3"
 )
@@ -105,8 +104,6 @@ func CreateS3Client(s3Creds S3PeerCredentials) (*s3.S3, error) {
 	sess := session.Must(session.NewSession(&aws.Config{
 		Region:   aws.String(awsSecrets.Region),
 		Endpoint: aws.String(awsSecrets.Endpoint),
-		Credentials: credentials.NewStaticCredentials(
-			awsSecrets.AccessKeyID, awsSecrets.SecretAccessKey, ""),
 	}))
 
 	s3svc := s3.New(sess)