diff --git a/.github/workflows/mirror_noir_subrepo.yml b/.github/workflows/mirror_noir_subrepo.yml
index 0edb371ae99..31aaa92ea97 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mirror_noir_subrepo.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mirror_noir_subrepo.yml
@@ -20,12 +20,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          token: ${{ secrets.AZTEC_BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
@@ -67,6 +61,7 @@ jobs:
           # Formatted for updating the PR, overrides for release-please commit message parsing 
           PR_BODY="BEGIN_COMMIT_OVERRIDE\n$MESSAGE\nEND_COMMIT_OVERRIDE"
           PR_URL=$(gh pr list --head aztec2-packages --json url --jq ".[0].url")
+          export GH_TOKEN="${{ secrets.AZTEC_BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
           if [[ "$PR_URL" == "" ]]; then
             gh pr create --title "feat: Sync from aztec-packages" --body "$PR_BODY" --base master --head aztec2-packages
           else