diff --git a/src/utilities/fetch-package-repos.mjs b/src/utilities/fetch-package-repos.mjs
index f030d19bc50f..8928c8a4350d 100644
--- a/src/utilities/fetch-package-repos.mjs
+++ b/src/utilities/fetch-package-repos.mjs
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ import path from 'path';
 import { mkdirp } from 'mkdirp';
 import { promisify } from 'util';
 import _ from 'lodash';
+import { Octokit as GithubAPI } from '@octokit/rest';
+import { createActionAuth } from '@octokit/auth-action';
 import { excludedLoaders, excludedPlugins } from './constants.mjs';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
-import api from './githubAPI.mjs';
 
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
@@ -33,6 +34,17 @@ const fetch = {
 };
 
 async function main() {
+  let api;
+  if (process.env.CI && process.env.CI === true) {
+    const auth = createActionAuth();
+    const authentication = await auth();
+    api = new GithubAPI({
+      auth: authentication,
+    });
+  } else {
+    api = new GithubAPI();
+  }
+
   async function paginate(org) {
     const data = await api.paginate('GET /orgs/:org/repos', {
       org: org,
diff --git a/src/utilities/githubAPI.mjs b/src/utilities/githubAPI.mjs
deleted file mode 100644
index d6b7b70ddd41..000000000000
--- a/src/utilities/githubAPI.mjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-import { Octokit as GithubAPI } from '@octokit/rest';
-import { createActionAuth } from '@octokit/auth-action';
-/** @type import('@octokit/rest').Octokit */
-let api;
-if (
-  process.env.CI &&
-  process.env.GITHUB_ACTION &&
-  (process.env.CI === 'true' || process.env.CI === '1') // see https://github.com/cypress-io/github-action/blob/9674a20f82e9e45ec75aa66038310b00e2f24657/index.js#L223 for CI === '1'
-) {
-  const auth = createActionAuth();
-  const authentication = await auth();
-  api = new GithubAPI({
-    auth: authentication.token,
-  });
-  console.log('api is authenticated');
-} else if (process.env.CI && process.env.VERCEL) {
-  // see https://vercel.com/docs/concepts/projects/environment-variables/system-environment-variables#system-environment-variables
-  api = new GithubAPI({
-    auth: process.env.WEBPACK_JS_ORG_VERCEL_KEY, // this is a personal access token of @chenxsan
-  });
-  console.log('api is authenticated on vercel');
-} else {
-  api = new GithubAPI();
-  console.log('api is not authenticated');
-}
-export default api;