diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos-generation.yml b/.github/workflows/macos-generation.yml
index eac3eefe3..8e9083c3c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos-generation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos-generation.yml
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ jobs:
       env:
         PACKER_LOG: 1
         PACKER_LOG_PATH: ${{ runner.temp }}/packer-log.txt
-        XCVERSION_COOKIE_PATH: ${{ runner.temp }}/xcversion-cookie/cookie
 
     - name: Prepare artifact
       shell: bash
diff --git a/images.CI/macos/azure-pipelines/image-generation.yml b/images.CI/macos/azure-pipelines/image-generation.yml
index a8df6292b..5379faaf2 100644
--- a/images.CI/macos/azure-pipelines/image-generation.yml
+++ b/images.CI/macos/azure-pipelines/image-generation.yml
@@ -58,12 +58,6 @@ jobs:
                  -VIPassword '$(vcenter-password-v2)' `
                  -Cluster "$(esxi-cluster-v2)"
 
-  - task: DownloadSecureFile@1
-    name: xcVersionCookie
-    displayName: 'Download xcversion session cookie'
-    inputs:
-      secureFile: 'cookie'
-
   - pwsh: |
       $SensitiveData = @(
           'IP address:',