diff --git a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
index 5af9c97..83b9337 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 20
-          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci
@@ -45,8 +44,6 @@ jobs:
           npm version "$PRERELEASE_VERSION" --no-git-tag-version
 
       - name: Publish prerelease to npm
-        run: |
-          # Remove .npmrc to allow pure OIDC auth
-          rm -f ~/.npmrc
-          rm -f .npmrc
-          npm publish --provenance --tag next
+        run: npm publish --provenance --tag next
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ''
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 4cba3da..59c537f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 20
-          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci
@@ -54,8 +53,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Publish to npm
         if: steps.check.outputs.should_publish == 'true'
-        run: |
-          # Remove .npmrc to allow pure OIDC auth
-          rm -f ~/.npmrc
-          rm -f .npmrc
-          npm publish --provenance --access public
+        run: npm publish --provenance --access public
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ''