diff --git a/dev-infra/ng-dev.js b/dev-infra/ng-dev.js
index 2f99989ca84..692a5300fe0 100755
--- a/dev-infra/ng-dev.js
+++ b/dev-infra/ng-dev.js
@@ -6619,10 +6619,9 @@ var CompletionState;
     CompletionState[CompletionState["MANUALLY_ABORTED"] = 2] = "MANUALLY_ABORTED";
 })(CompletionState || (CompletionState = {}));
 class ReleaseTool {
-    constructor(_config, _github, _githubToken, _projectRoot) {
+    constructor(_config, _github, _projectRoot) {
         this._config = _config;
         this._github = _github;
-        this._githubToken = _githubToken;
         this._projectRoot = _projectRoot;
         /** The singleton instance of the GitClient. */
         this._git = GitClient.getAuthenticatedInstance();
@@ -6782,13 +6781,13 @@ function builder$8(argv) {
     return addGithubTokenOption(argv);
 }
 /** Yargs command handler for staging a release. */
-function handler$8(args) {
+function handler$8() {
     return tslib.__awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         const git = GitClient.getInstance();
         const config = getConfig();
         const releaseConfig = getReleaseConfig(config);
         const projectDir = git.baseDir;
-        const task = new ReleaseTool(releaseConfig, config.github, args.githubToken, projectDir);
+        const task = new ReleaseTool(releaseConfig, config.github, projectDir);
         const result = yield task.run();
         switch (result) {
             case CompletionState.FATAL_ERROR:
diff --git a/dev-infra/release/publish/cli.ts b/dev-infra/release/publish/cli.ts
index b156a065bea..3d1af584599 100644
--- a/dev-infra/release/publish/cli.ts
+++ b/dev-infra/release/publish/cli.ts
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ function builder(argv: Argv): Argv<ReleasePublishOptions> {
 }
 
 /** Yargs command handler for staging a release. */
-async function handler(args: Arguments<ReleasePublishOptions>) {
+async function handler() {
   const git = GitClient.getInstance();
   const config = getConfig();
   const releaseConfig = getReleaseConfig(config);
   const projectDir = git.baseDir;
-  const task = new ReleaseTool(releaseConfig, config.github, args.githubToken, projectDir);
+  const task = new ReleaseTool(releaseConfig, config.github, projectDir);
   const result = await task.run();
 
   switch (result) {
diff --git a/dev-infra/release/publish/index.ts b/dev-infra/release/publish/index.ts
index 63b46b75aec..2f6e14552e5 100644
--- a/dev-infra/release/publish/index.ts
+++ b/dev-infra/release/publish/index.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export class ReleaseTool {
 
   constructor(
       protected _config: ReleaseConfig, protected _github: GithubConfig,
-      protected _githubToken: string, protected _projectRoot: string) {}
+      protected _projectRoot: string) {}
 
   /** Runs the interactive release tool. */
   async run(): Promise<CompletionState> {