diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 46d0108e..709fb5f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -90,14 +90,6 @@ jobs:
           project_id: '${{ vars.PROJECT_ID }}'
           workload_identity_provider: '${{ vars.WIF_PROVIDER_NAME }}'
 
-      - uses: 'google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@v2'
-        with:
-          version: '>= 363.0.0'
-
-      - name: 'gcloud'
-        run: |-
-          gcloud secrets versions access "latest" --secret "${{ vars.SECRET_NAME }}"
-
       - id: 'oauth-federated-token'
         name: 'oauth-federated-token'
         run: |-
@@ -107,6 +99,14 @@ jobs:
             --fail \
             --header "Authorization: Bearer ${{ steps.auth-default.outputs.auth_token }}"
 
+      - uses: 'google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@v2'
+        with:
+          version: '>= 363.0.0'
+
+      - name: 'gcloud'
+        run: |-
+          gcloud secrets versions access "latest" --secret "${{ vars.SECRET_NAME }}"
+
 
   #
   # Workload Identity Federation through a Service Account
@@ -243,15 +243,6 @@ jobs:
           id_token_audience: 'https://secretmanager.googleapis.com/'
           id_token_include_email: true
 
-      - id: 'auth-sa-retries'
-        name: 'auth-sa-retries'
-        uses: './'
-        with:
-          retries: '2'
-          backoff: '200'
-          backoff_limit: '1000'
-          credentials_json: '${{ secrets.SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY_JSON }}'
-
   #
   # This test ensures that the GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS environment
   # variable is shared with the container and that the path of the file is on
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3ccdac4c..896be978 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -208,24 +208,6 @@ generate any tokens.
     will contain "email" and "email_verified" claims. This is only valid when
     "token_format" is "id_token". The default value is false.
 
-### Inputs: Retry options
-
-The following inputs are for controlling retry behavior. By default, this GitHub
-Action will retry API calls in an attempt to reduce transient failures. You can
-control and disable the retry behavior with these inputs.
-
--   `retries`: (Optional) Number of times to retry a failed authentication
-    attempt. This is useful for automated pipelines that may execute before IAM
-    permissions are fully propogated or intermittent connectivity failures. The
-    default value is "3".
-
--   `backoff`: (Optional) Delay time before trying another authentication
-    attempt. This is implemented using a fibonacci backoff method (e.g.
-    1-1-2-3-5). This value defaults to 250 milliseconds.
-
--   `backoff_limit`: (Optional) Limits the retry backoff to the specified value.
-    The default value is no limit.
-
 ### Inputs: Miscellaneous
 
 The following inputs are for controlling the behavior of this GitHub Actions,