diff --git a/internal/datastore/mysql/migrations/driver.go b/internal/datastore/mysql/migrations/driver.go
index 7aa272ea66..8397083b64 100644
--- a/internal/datastore/mysql/migrations/driver.go
+++ b/internal/datastore/mysql/migrations/driver.go
@@ -50,20 +50,6 @@ func NewMySQLDriverFromDSN(url string, tablePrefix string, credentialsProvider d
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf(errUnableToInstantiate, err)
 	}
 
-	if credentialsProvider != nil {
-		log.Debug().Str("name", credentialsProvider.Name()).Msg("using credentials provider")
-		// we must transmit the token over the connection, and not a hash
-		dbConfig.AllowCleartextPasswords = true
-		// add a before connect callback to trigger the token retrieval from the credentials provider
-		err := dbConfig.Apply(sqlDriver.BeforeConnect(func(ctx context.Context, config *sqlDriver.Config) error {
-			config.User, config.Passwd, err = credentialsProvider.Get(ctx, config.Addr, config.User)
-			return err
-		}))
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf(errUnableToInstantiate, err)
-		}
-	}
-
 	connector, err := sqlDriver.NewConnector(dbConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf(errUnableToInstantiate, err)