diff --git a/flow/util/updateRules.py b/flow/util/updateRules.py
index 01ebf88903..1a5ffa155c 100644
--- a/flow/util/updateRules.py
+++ b/flow/util/updateRules.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from firebase_admin import credentials
 import json
 import argparse
 import os
@@ -27,10 +26,6 @@
 # Parse the arguments
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
-# Initialize Firebase Admin SDK with service account credentials
-with open(args.keyFile) as fp:
-    cred = credentials.Certificate(json.load(fp))
-
 # make sure the working dir is flow/
 os.chdir(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), '..'))