diff --git a/ci-operator/templates/cluster-launch-installer-e2e.yaml b/ci-operator/templates/cluster-launch-installer-e2e.yaml
index 95a4b9065ebc8..47a6e96014de6 100644
--- a/ci-operator/templates/cluster-launch-installer-e2e.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/templates/cluster-launch-installer-e2e.yaml
@@ -195,10 +195,11 @@ objects:
           export SSH_KEY="$( cat /etc/openshift-installer/ssh-publickey )"
           export EC2_AMI_OVERRIDE=ami-06d864b4154214132
           export EXPIRATION_DATE=$( date -d '4 hours' --iso=minutes --utc )
+          export PULL_SECRET="$(jq -c </etc/openshift-installer/pull-secret)"
           envsubst </etc/openshift-installer/openshift.yaml >/tmp/cluster/inputs.yaml
         )
         mkdir /tmp/artifacts/installer
-        cp /tmp/cluster/inputs.yaml /tmp/artifacts/installer/
+        sed 's/pullSecret: .*/pullSecret: '{"REDACTED": {}}/' </tmp/cluster/inputs.yaml >/tmp/artifacts/installer/inputs.yaml
 
         echo "Invoking installer ..."
         
diff --git a/cluster/test-deploy/aws/openshift.yaml b/cluster/test-deploy/aws/openshift.yaml
index bcf345972324d..6cdf4c9f77480 100644
--- a/cluster/test-deploy/aws/openshift.yaml
+++ b/cluster/test-deploy/aws/openshift.yaml
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ nodePools:
 # The platform used for deploying.
 platform: aws
 
-# The path the pull secret file in JSON format.
+# The pull secret in JSON format.
 # This is known to be a "Docker pull secret" as produced by the docker login [1] command.
 # A sample JSON content is shown in [2].
 # You can download the pull secret from your Account overview page at [3].
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ platform: aws
 # [2] https://coreos.com/os/docs/latest/registry-authentication.html#manual-registry-auth-setup
 #
 # [3] https://account.coreos.com/overview
-pullSecretPath: pull-secret
+pullSecret: '${PULL_SECRET}'
 
 worker:
   # The name of the node pool(s) to use for workers