diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 01ffe7b48d2d02c613f51b5fa32880188d74377b..943e1862ada5160e7e91e58e0538cb59ed6eb841 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ get_data:
   needs:
     - ["get_data","common:setup"]
   before_script:
-    - mc config host add S3 https://eics3.sdcc.bnl.gov:9000 ${S3_ACCESS_KEY} ${S3_SECRET_KEY} || echo "Failed to configure S3."
     - source .local/bin/env.sh
     - source /opt/detector/epic-main/setup.sh
     - ls -lrtha