diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3df9bd62311a668850bf556be57589eeecb1728d..2e9cb16d8e0bfdf0e1db6c0f5279cf4adbd404ce 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ package:
   before_script:
     # Set up auth
     - mkdir -p /root/.docker
-    - echo $DOCKER_AUTH_CONFIG | base64 -d - > /root/.docker/config.json
+    - echo $DOCKER_AUTH_CONFIG > /root/.docker/config.json
   script:
     - cp ./scripts/package/synker.yaml ./synker.yaml
     # Populate images list in synker config
diff --git a/scripts/deploy/00_deploy_flux.sh b/scripts/deploy/00_deploy_flux.sh
index b2da6d34a2cbaa045e0e794b04e478b524d4db8c..7c507dfe5634e7e349f4bccaf68a1128e8dacc00 100644
--- a/scripts/deploy/00_deploy_flux.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy/00_deploy_flux.sh
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ set -ex
 # install flux with the dedicated helper script
 ./scripts/install_flux.sh \
   --registry-username 'robot$bb-dev-imagepullonly' \
-  --registry-password "$(echo "$REGISTRY1_PASSWORD" | base64 -d -)" \
+  --registry-password "${REGISTRY1_PASSWORD}" \
   --registry-email bigbang@bigbang.dev 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/deploy/01_deploy_bigbang.sh b/scripts/deploy/01_deploy_bigbang.sh
index 4e9e59041c59b994ed67fe5c26b703e81380e938..aa124ba052a8a7e6ca2e24215ec5c100b5157204 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy/01_deploy_bigbang.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy/01_deploy_bigbang.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ cat $CI_VALUES_FILE
 
 helm upgrade -i bigbang chart -n bigbang --create-namespace \
   --set registryCredentials[0].username='robot$bb-dev-imagepullonly' \
-  --set registryCredentials[0].password="$( echo "$REGISTRY1_PASSWORD" | base64 -d -)" \
+  --set registryCredentials[0].password="${REGISTRY1_PASSWORD}" \
   --set registryCredentials[0].registry=registry1.dso.mil \
   -f ${CI_VALUES_FILE}