diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 59964cc60471d6d6ffed9e29cf124d50f5ad0bc5..786ffee7a965d243b344d56f1278a8c21398d05e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ variables:
     #when: on_failure
     expire_in: 1 week
   script:
-    - export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=${GOOGLE_CLOUD_SERVICE_ACCOUNT}
     - terraform/environments/scripts/create-or-update-env.sh $ENVIRONMENT_ID $CI_COMMIT_SHA
     - echo "$(terraform/environments/scripts/get-output.sh api_domain)" > $API_DOMAIN_PATH
   resource_group: $ENVIRONMENT_ID # never execute terraform in parallel on the same environment
@@ -120,7 +119,6 @@ review_destroy:
     action: stop
   dependencies: [] # explicitly disable artifact usage
   script:
-    - export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=${GOOGLE_CLOUD_SERVICE_ACCOUNT}
     # branch may have been deleted, so we clone and checkout main
     - git clone $CI_REPOSITORY_URL main-clone
     - cd main-clone