diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 024cc3c..14cbc90 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ This action lets you trigger a job run on [dbt Cloud](https://cloud.getdbt.com),
   - `dbt_cloud_token` - dbt Cloud [api token](https://docs.getdbt.com/docs/dbt-cloud/dbt-cloud-api/user-tokens)
   - `dbt_cloud_account_id` - dbt Cloud account id
   - `dbt_cloud_job_id` - dbt Cloud job id
-  - `dbt_profiles` - contents of a [profiles.yml](https://docs.getdbt.com/reference/profiles.yml/) as a string. (Please inline the keyfile [as seen in the example](https://docs.getdbt.com/reference/warehouse-profiles/bigquery-profile#service-account-json).)
 
 We recommend passing sensitive variables as Github secrets. Example [here](https://github.com/fal-ai/fal_bike_example/blob/main/.github/workflows/fal_dbt.yml).
 
@@ -23,5 +22,4 @@ We recommend passing sensitive variables as Github secrets. Example [here](https
       dbt_cloud_token: ${{ secrets.DBT_CLOUD_API_TOKEN }}
       dbt_cloud_account_id: ${{ secrets.DBT_ACCOUNT_ID }}
       dbt_cloud_job_id: ${{ secrets.DBT_JOB_ID }}
-      dbt_profiles: ${{ secrets.PROFILES_YML }}
 ```
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index a68b87b..6eef3a0 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ inputs:
   dbt_cloud_job_id:
     description: "dbt Cloud job id"
     required: true
-  dbt_profiles:
-    description: "contents of a profiles.yml as a string"
-    required: true
   cause:
     description: "Job trigger cause"
     required: true
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 0d953b2..fe70362 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -108,16 +108,6 @@ function checkoutTargetBranch(git_sha) {
   })
 }
 
-function setupProfiles() {
-  core.info('Setting up profiles.yml');
-  profiles = yaml.load(core.getInput('dbt_profiles'));
-  profilesYml = yaml.dump(profiles);
-  fs.writeFileSync('profiles.yml', profilesYml, 'utf8');
-  core.info('Done');
-}
-
-setupProfiles();
-
 executeAction()
   .then(git_sha => checkoutTargetBranch(git_sha))
   .catch(e => {