diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ff8b691bb1fcd8eed08b391e931ac307face2e50..be34c6cc6ba41b5079e991bad12865fd87e633a7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ fetch-configs:
   # we don't need anything in node_modules or python, so don't fetch the cache
   cache: []
   script:
-    - 'curl --fail -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: $COMMON_CI_API_TOKEN" "https://gitlab.phaidra.org/api/v4/projects/1469/repository/files/cliff.toml/raw/?ref=main" > cliff.toml'
+    - 'curl --fail "https://gitlab.phaidra.org/api/v4/projects/1469/repository/files/cliff.toml/raw/?ref=main" > cliff.toml'
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - cliff.toml