diff --git a/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml b/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml
index 84671be6b..31257bad5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scorecards.yml
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           results_file: results.sarif
           results_format: sarif
-          # Read-only PAT token. To create it,
-          # follow the steps in https://github.com/ossf/scorecard-action#pat-token-creation.
-          repo_token: ${{ secrets.SCORECARD_READ_TOKEN }}
           # Publish the results to enable scorecard badges. For more details, see
           # https://github.com/ossf/scorecard-action#publishing-results.
           # For private repositories, `publish_results` will automatically be set to `false`,