diff --git a/check_releasepy.bash b/check_releasepy.bash
index 161319ce5..814924955 100755
--- a/check_releasepy.bash
+++ b/check_releasepy.bash
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
 
 export _RELEASEPY_DEBUG=1
-export _RELEASEPY_TEST_CREDENTIALS=1
 
 test_dir=$(mktemp -d)
 export _RELEASEPY_TEST_RELEASE_REPO="${test_dir}/test-release"
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@ exec_releasepy_test()
     ./release.py \
       --dry-run \
       --no-sanity-checks \
+      --auth user:fake \
     gz-foo 1.2.3 ${test_params}
 }
 
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ exec_ignition_releasepy_test()
     ./release.py \
       --dry-run \
       --no-sanity-checks \
+      --auth user:fake \
     ign-foo 1.2.3 ${test_params}
 }
 
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ exec_ignition_gazebo_releasepy_test()
     ./release.py \
       --dry-run \
       --no-sanity-checks \
+      --auth user:fake \
     ign-gazebo 1.2.3 ${test_params}
 }
 
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ exec_releasepy_with_real_gz()
     ./release.py \
       --dry-run \
       --no-sanity-checks \
+      --auth user:fake \
       --source-repo-uri http://github.com/gazebosim/gz-common \
       --source-repo-existing-ref http://github.com/gazebosim/gz-common/foo-tag \
     "${gz_pkg}" "${major_version}.x.y"
diff --git a/release.py b/release.py
index 885d8f515..90fdfc327 100755
--- a/release.py
+++ b/release.py
@@ -185,12 +185,6 @@ def parse_args(argv):
 # BEGIN: Credentials code copied from ros_buildfarm
 #
 def get_credentials(jenkins_url=None):
-    try:
-        if os.environ['_RELEASEPY_TEST_CREDENTIALS']:
-            return 'fake_user', 'fake_api_token'
-    except KeyError:
-        pass
-
     config = ConfigParser()
     config_file = get_credential_path()
     if not os.path.exists(config_file):
@@ -385,12 +379,8 @@ def sanity_checks(args, repo_dir):
         sanity_check_sdformat_versions(args.package, args.version)
         sanity_project_package_in_stable(args.version, args.upload_to_repository)
 
-    try:
-        if os.environ['_RELEASEPY_TEST_CREDENTIALS']:
-           pass
-    except KeyError:
-        check_credentials(args.auth_input_arg)
-        print_success("Jenkins credentials are good")
+    check_credentials(args.auth_input_arg)
+    print_success("Jenkins credentials are good")
 
     shutil.rmtree(repo_dir)