diff --git a/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Java_IO_Performance_Tests.json b/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Java_IO_Performance_Tests.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b26833333238
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Java_IO_Performance_Tests.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "comment": "Modify this file in a trivial way to cause this test suite to run",
+  "modification": 2
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/beam_PostCommit_Java_IO_Performance_Tests.yml b/.github/workflows/beam_PostCommit_Java_IO_Performance_Tests.yml
index a6a2749c8d82..c6d9dc2236d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/beam_PostCommit_Java_IO_Performance_Tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/beam_PostCommit_Java_IO_Performance_Tests.yml
@@ -88,11 +88,6 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./.github/actions/setup-environment-action
       with:
         java-version: default
-    - name: Authenticate on GCP
-      uses: google-github-actions/auth@v1
-      with:
-        credentials_json: ${{ secrets.GCP_SA_KEY }}
-        project_id: ${{ secrets.GCP_PROJECT_ID }}
     - name: run scheduled javaPostcommitIOPerformanceTests script
       if: github.event_name == 'schedule' #This ensures only scheduled runs publish metrics publicly by changing which exportTable is configured
       uses: ./.github/actions/gradle-command-self-hosted-action