diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/code-gen.yml b/.azure-pipelines/code-gen.yml
index 4dbc8b89efae..b00c6008fe8f 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/code-gen.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/code-gen.yml
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ jobs:
   pool: pool-windows-2019
   steps:
   - checkout: self
-    persistCredentials: true
-  - template: util/get-github-token-steps.yml
+  - template: util/get-github-pat-steps.yml
   - task: NodeTool@0
     displayName: Use Node 14.15.5
     inputs:
diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/util/get-github-token-steps.yml b/.azure-pipelines/util/get-github-token-steps.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e3884196ea2..000000000000
--- a/.azure-pipelines/util/get-github-token-steps.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-steps:
-- task: PowerShell@2
-  displayName: Get GitHub Token
-  inputs:
-    targetType: 'inline'
-    script: |
-      $httpConfigs = (git config --get-regexp "http" )
-      $authConfig = $httpConfigs | Where-Object {$_ -like "*AUTHORIZATION*"}
-      $token = ($authConfig -split ' ')[-1]
-      $ghToken = ([System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetString([System.Convert]::FromBase64String($token)) -split ':')[1]
-      Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=GithubToken;issecret=true]$ghToken"
-