diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 2dea73287..be9eea31a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ jobs:
       - run: pnpm build
       - env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
         uses: JoshuaKGoldberg/release-it-action@8ee87d0d30f97b452ef5d8aa9f4d0490eed439aa # v0.4.0
 
 name: Release
diff --git a/.release-it.json b/.release-it.json
index 2b95facce..abfd3143d 100644
--- a/.release-it.json
+++ b/.release-it.json
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 		"release": true,
 		"releaseName": "v${version}"
 	},
-	"npm": { "publishArgs": ["--access public", "--provenance"] },
+	"npm": {
+		"skipChecks": true
+	},
 	"plugins": {
 		"@release-it/conventional-changelog": {
 			"infile": "CHANGELOG.md",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 26baed73b..b57a0e194 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -86,8 +86,5 @@
 	"packageManager": "pnpm@10.33.2",
 	"engines": {
 		"node": ">=22.22"
-	},
-	"publishConfig": {
-		"provenance": true
 	}
 }