diff --git a/determine-cross-version.sh b/determine-cross-version.sh
index eca48c5..af9112e 100755
--- a/determine-cross-version.sh
+++ b/determine-cross-version.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ VERSION=$1
 if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
     JSON=$(curl \
         --request GET \
-        --header "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
         https://api.github.com/repos/cross-rs/cross/releases/latest)
     VERSION=$(echo "$JSON" | jq -r ".tag_name")
 fi
diff --git a/install-cross-nix.sh b/install-cross-nix.sh
index 10e735f..5a1dfbe 100755
--- a/install-cross-nix.sh
+++ b/install-cross-nix.sh
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ curl --silent --location \
     https://raw.githubusercontent.com/houseabsolute/ubi/master/bootstrap/bootstrap-ubi.sh |
     sh
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-./ubi --project cross-rs/cross --matching musl --in . $VERSION_ARGS
+GITHUB_TOKEN= ./ubi --project cross-rs/cross --matching musl --in . $VERSION_ARGS
 CROSS_NO_WARNINGS=0 ./cross --version