diff --git a/pkg/steps/multi_stage/gen.go b/pkg/steps/multi_stage/gen.go
index bdc3dd8fa9a..c1fe2a06435 100644
--- a/pkg/steps/multi_stage/gen.go
+++ b/pkg/steps/multi_stage/gen.go
@@ -565,10 +565,6 @@ func addSTSVolumes(pod *coreapi.Pod) {
 			ReadOnly:  true,
 		},
 	)
-	container.Env = append(container.Env,
-		coreapi.EnvVar{Name: "AWS_CONFIG_FILE", Value: path.Join(stsConfigMountPath, "config")},
-		coreapi.EnvVar{Name: "AWS_SDK_LOAD_CONFIG", Value: "1"},
-	)
 }
 
 func addCliInjector(imagestream string, pod *coreapi.Pod) {
diff --git a/pkg/steps/multi_stage/testdata/zz_fixture_TestGeneratePods_STS_volumes.yaml b/pkg/steps/multi_stage/testdata/zz_fixture_TestGeneratePods_STS_volumes.yaml
index be2a64e201c..2c3c270c4e0 100644
--- a/pkg/steps/multi_stage/testdata/zz_fixture_TestGeneratePods_STS_volumes.yaml
+++ b/pkg/steps/multi_stage/testdata/zz_fixture_TestGeneratePods_STS_volumes.yaml
@@ -93,10 +93,6 @@
         value: aws
       - name: CLUSTER_PROFILE_DIR
         value: /var/run/secrets/ci.openshift.io/cluster-profile
-      - name: AWS_CONFIG_FILE
-        value: /var/run/secrets/aws/config/config
-      - name: AWS_SDK_LOAD_CONFIG
-        value: "1"
       - name: SHARED_DIR
         value: /var/run/secrets/ci.openshift.io/multi-stage
       - name: LEASE_PROXY_CLIENT_SH