diff --git a/prow/cluster/jobs/istio/tools/istio.tools.master.gen.yaml b/prow/cluster/jobs/istio/tools/istio.tools.master.gen.yaml
index 5a94eaf9e80..ad0d5fc0720 100644
--- a/prow/cluster/jobs/istio/tools/istio.tools.master.gen.yaml
+++ b/prow/cluster/jobs/istio/tools/istio.tools.master.gen.yaml
@@ -269,9 +269,6 @@ postsubmits:
           subPath: gomod
         - mountPath: /var/lib/docker
           name: docker-root
-        - mountPath: /etc/github-token
-          name: github
-          readOnly: true
       nodeSelector:
         kubernetes.io/arch: arm64
         testing: test-pool
@@ -283,9 +280,6 @@ postsubmits:
         name: build-cache
       - emptyDir: {}
         name: docker-root
-      - name: github
-        secret:
-          secretName: oauth-token
   - annotations:
       testgrid-alert-email: istio-oncall@googlegroups.com
       testgrid-dashboards: istio_tools_postsubmit
diff --git a/prow/config/jobs/tools.yaml b/prow/config/jobs/tools.yaml
index 0ecaed590fa..078c0aae217 100644
--- a/prow/config/jobs/tools.yaml
+++ b/prow/config/jobs/tools.yaml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
       value: ""
     resources: build
     regex: 'docker/.+|cmd/.+'
-    requirements: [docker, github]
+    requirements: [docker]
     # TODO: remove this
     # The first run needs a bootstrap image since we need this job to produce the multi-arch image
     image: gcr.io/istio-testing/build-tools:master-arm64-boostrap