diff --git a/app/data/container-build/cerc-plugeth-statediff/build.sh b/app/data/container-build/cerc-plugeth-statediff/build.sh
index 15a77ef6..144d4e57 100755
--- a/app/data/container-build/cerc-plugeth-statediff/build.sh
+++ b/app/data/container-build/cerc-plugeth-statediff/build.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # Build cerc/plugeth-statediff
 source ${CERC_CONTAINER_BASE_DIR}/build-base.sh
-# This container build currently requires access to private dependencies in gitea
-# so we check that the necessary access token has been supplied here, then pass it o the build
-if [[ -z "${CERC_GO_AUTH_TOKEN}" ]]; then
-    echo "ERROR: CERC_GO_AUTH_TOKEN is not set" >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
 docker build -t cerc/plugeth-statediff:local ${build_command_args} --build-arg GIT_VDBTO_TOKEN=${CERC_GO_AUTH_TOKEN} ${CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR}/plugeth-statediff
diff --git a/app/data/container-build/cerc-plugeth/build.sh b/app/data/container-build/cerc-plugeth/build.sh
index 1162a192..7c67da1e 100755
--- a/app/data/container-build/cerc-plugeth/build.sh
+++ b/app/data/container-build/cerc-plugeth/build.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # Build cerc/plugeth
 source ${CERC_CONTAINER_BASE_DIR}/build-base.sh
-# This container build currently requires access to private dependencies in gitea
-# so we check that the necessary access token has been supplied here, then pass it o the build
-if [[ -z "${CERC_GO_AUTH_TOKEN}" ]]; then
-    echo "ERROR: CERC_GO_AUTH_TOKEN is not set" >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
 docker build -t cerc/plugeth:local ${build_command_args} --build-arg GIT_VDBTO_TOKEN=${CERC_GO_AUTH_TOKEN} ${CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR}/plugeth