diff --git a/.github/actions/authenticate_github_api/action.yaml b/.github/actions/authenticate_github_api/action.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6fcf2c6ff..000000000
--- a/.github/actions/authenticate_github_api/action.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-name: Authenticate with GitHub API
-description: |
-  Authenticated GitHub API requests are not rate-limited like unauthenticated requests.
-
-# For more details: https://github.com/tweag/rules_haskell/pull/1494
-
-inputs:
-  github_token:
-    type: string
-
-runs:
-  using: composite
-  steps:
-    - shell: bash
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.github_token }}
-      run: |
-        cat >~/.netrc <<EOF
-        machine api.github.com
-                password ${GITHUB_TOKEN}
-        EOF
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow.yaml b/.github/workflows/workflow.yaml
index 48d44d690..f9b9e5662 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow.yaml
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ jobs:
           buildbuddy_api_key: ${{ secrets.BUILDBUDDY_API_KEY }}
           bazelrc_path: .bazelrc.auth
       - uses: ./.github/actions/set_tcp_keepalive_time
-      - uses: ./.github/actions/authenticate_github_api
+      - uses: extractions/netrc@v1
         with:
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          machine: api.github.com
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Configure
         run: |
           cat >>.bazelrc.local <<EOF