diff --git a/scripts/start-deployAutoCF b/scripts/start-deployAutoCF
index 54f41ddf..ffafa6aa 100755
--- a/scripts/start-deployAutoCF
+++ b/scripts/start-deployAutoCF
@@ -22,22 +22,11 @@ set -eu
 : "${CF_DOWNLOADS_REPO=$([ -d /downloads ] && echo '/downloads' || echo '')}"
 : "${CF_MODPACK_MANIFEST:=}"
 : "${CF_API_CACHE_DEFAULT_TTL:=}" # as ISO-8601 duration, such as P2D or PT12H
-: "${CF_API_KEY_FILE:=}" # Path to file containing CurseForge API key
 : "${CF_MOD_LOADER_VERSION:=}" # Override mod loader version
 : "${CF_USE_HTTP2:=false}" # CF downloads are faster with HTTP 1.1
 
 resultsFile=/data/.install-curseforge.env
 
-if [[ -n ${CF_API_KEY_FILE} ]]; then
-  if [[ -r "${CF_API_KEY_FILE}" ]]; then
-    CF_API_KEY="$(cat "${CF_API_KEY_FILE}")"
-    export CF_API_KEY
-  else
-    logError "CF_API_KEY_FILE is not readable: ${CF_API_KEY_FILE}"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-fi
-
 isDebugging && set -x
 
 ensureRemoveAllModsOff "MODPACK_PLATFORM=AUTO_CURSEFORGE"
diff --git a/scripts/start-setupModpack b/scripts/start-setupModpack
index e5b03bf2..46234c3f 100755
--- a/scripts/start-setupModpack
+++ b/scripts/start-setupModpack
@@ -9,23 +9,12 @@ set -e -o pipefail
 : "${PLUGINS_FILE:=}"
 : "${REMOVE_OLD_MODS_DEPTH:=1} "
 : "${REMOVE_OLD_MODS_INCLUDE:=*.jar,*-version.json}"
-: "${CF_API_KEY_FILE:=}" # Path to file containing CurseForge API key
 : "${CF_USE_HTTP2:=false}" # CF downloads are faster with HTTP 1.1
 : "${MODRINTH_LOADER:=}"
 
 # shellcheck source=start-utils
 . "$(dirname "$0")/start-utils"
 
-if [[ -n ${CF_API_KEY_FILE} ]]; then
-  if [[ -r "${CF_API_KEY_FILE}" ]]; then
-    CF_API_KEY="$(cat "${CF_API_KEY_FILE}")"
-    export CF_API_KEY
-  else
-    logError "CF_API_KEY_FILE is not readable: ${CF_API_KEY_FILE}"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-fi
-
 isDebugging && set -x
 
 sum_file=/data/.generic_pack.sum