diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index c50b3ddb..dcd717ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: macos-10.15
     needs: test_formatting
+    env: 
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} 
     strategy:
       matrix:
         node: [ '15', '14' ]
diff --git a/src/bin/tools/createOctokit.ts b/src/bin/tools/createOctokit.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a3eb5395..00000000
--- a/src/bin/tools/createOctokit.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-import { Octokit } from "@octokit/rest";
-
-export function createOctokit(params: { github_token: string }) {
-    const { github_token } = params;
-
-    return new Octokit({ ...(github_token !== "" ? { "auth": github_token } : {}) });
-}