diff --git a/lib/auth.js b/lib/auth.js
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index 9b03d1cd..00000000
--- a/lib/auth.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-"use strict";
-var __awaiter = (this && this.__awaiter) || function (thisArg, _arguments, P, generator) {
-    return new (P || (P = Promise))(function (resolve, reject) {
-        function fulfilled(value) { try { step(generator.next(value)); } catch (e) { reject(e); } }
-        function rejected(value) { try { step(generator["throw"](value)); } catch (e) { reject(e); } }
-        function step(result) { result.done ? resolve(result.value) : new P(function (resolve) { resolve(result.value); }).then(fulfilled, rejected); }
-        step((generator = generator.apply(thisArg, _arguments || [])).next());
-    });
-};
-var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
-    if (mod && mod.__esModule) return mod;
-    var result = {};
-    if (mod != null) for (var k in mod) if (Object.hasOwnProperty.call(mod, k)) result[k] = mod[k];
-    result["default"] = mod;
-    return result;
-};
-Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
-const fs = __importStar(require("fs"));
-const os = __importStar(require("os"));
-const path = __importStar(require("path"));
-const core = __importStar(require("@actions/core"));
-const io = __importStar(require("@actions/io"));
-exports.M2_DIR = '.m2';
-exports.SETTINGS_FILE = 'settings.xml';
-function configAuthentication(id, username, password) {
-    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-        if (id && username && password) {
-            core.debug(`configAuthentication with ${username} and a password`);
-            const directory = path.join(os.homedir(), exports.M2_DIR);
-            yield io.mkdirP(directory);
-            core.debug(`created directory ${directory}`);
-            yield write(directory, generate(id, username, password));
-        }
-        else {
-            core.debug(`no auth without username: ${username} and password: ${password}`);
-        }
-    });
-}
-exports.configAuthentication = configAuthentication;
-// only exported for testing purposes
-function generate(id, username, password) {
-    return `
-  <settings>
-      <servers>
-        <server>
-          <id>${id}</id>
-          <username>${username}</username>
-          <password>${password}</password>
-        </server>
-      </servers>
-  </settings>
-  `;
-}
-exports.generate = generate;
-function write(directory, settings) {
-    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-        const options = { encoding: 'utf-8' };
-        const location = path.join(directory, exports.SETTINGS_FILE);
-        core.debug(`writing ${location}`);
-        return fs.writeFileSync(location, settings, options);
-    });
-}