diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/packer_cache.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/packer_cache.sh
index 16d46f754617..727accaeead8 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/packer_cache.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/packer_cache.sh
@@ -14,14 +14,5 @@ for version in $(cat versions.json | jq -r '.versions[].version'); do
   node scripts/es snapshot --download-only --base-path "$ES_CACHE_DIR" --version "$version"
 done
 
-echo "--- Logging into vault to access private repos"
-VAULT_ROLE_ID="$(retry 5 15 gcloud secrets versions access latest --secret=kibana-buildkite-vault-role-id)"
-VAULT_SECRET_ID="$(retry 5 15 gcloud secrets versions access latest --secret=kibana-buildkite-vault-secret-id)"
-VAULT_TOKEN=$(retry 5 30 vault write -field=token auth/approle/login role_id="$VAULT_ROLE_ID" secret_id="$VAULT_SECRET_ID")
-retry 5 30 vault login -no-print "$VAULT_TOKEN"
-
-GITHUB_TOKEN="$(retry 5 5 vault read -field=github_token secret/kibana-issues/dev/kibanamachine)"
-export GITHUB_TOKEN
-
 echo "--- Cloning repos for docs build"
 node scripts/validate_next_docs --clone-only