diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
index 95bda52..20ec733 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         java-version: '17'
         distribution: 'temurin'
-        server-id: github # Value of the distributionManagement/repository/id field of the pom.xml
-        settings-path: ${{ github.workspace }} # location for the settings.xml file
+        server-id: github	# Value of the distributionManagement/repository/id field of the pom.xml
 
     - name: Build with Maven
       run: mvn -B package --file pom.xml
diff --git a/settings.xml b/settings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8633145..0000000
--- a/settings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
-      xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-      xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0
-                          https://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
-
-  <servers>
-    <server>
-      <id>github</id>
-      <configuration>
-        <httpHeaders>
-          <property>
-            <name>Authorization</name>
-            <value>Bearer <GITHUB_TOKEN_GOES HERE></value>
-          </property>
-        </httpHeaders>
-      </configuration>
-    </server>
-  </servers>
-</settings>