diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index a56d09a..290d20f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -45,8 +45,5 @@ jobs:
         flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
         # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
         flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
-    - name: Set Up Environment Variables
-      run: |
-          echo "ORCID_ACCESS_TOKEN=${ORCID_ACCESS_TOKEN}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - name: Run Tests    
       run: python -m unittest tests/test_orcid.py