diff --git a/internal/credential/attributes.go b/internal/credential/attributes.go
index 7e0438e..eac891a 100644
--- a/internal/credential/attributes.go
+++ b/internal/credential/attributes.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ type CredentialAttributes struct {
 // CredentialsConfig used for configuring an AWS session. An status error is returned
 // with an InvalidArgument code if any unrecognized fields are found in the protobuf
 // struct input.
-func GetCredentialsConfig(secrets *structpb.Struct, attrs *CredentialAttributes, required bool) (*awsutil.CredentialsConfig, error) {
+func GetCredentialsConfig(secrets *structpb.Struct, attrs *CredentialAttributes) (*awsutil.CredentialsConfig, error) {
 	// initialize secrets if it is nil
 	// secrets can be nil because static credentials are optional
 	if secrets == nil {
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ func GetCredentialsConfig(secrets *structpb.Struct, attrs *CredentialAttributes,
 	unknownFields := values.StructFields(secrets)
 	badFields := make(map[string]string)
 
-	accessKey, err := values.GetStringValue(secrets, ConstAccessKeyId, required)
+	accessKey, err := values.GetStringValue(secrets, ConstAccessKeyId, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		badFields[fmt.Sprintf("secrets.%s", ConstAccessKeyId)] = err.Error()
 	}
 	delete(unknownFields, ConstAccessKeyId)
 
-	secretKey, err := values.GetStringValue(secrets, ConstSecretAccessKey, required)
+	secretKey, err := values.GetStringValue(secrets, ConstSecretAccessKey, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		badFields[fmt.Sprintf("secrets.%s", ConstSecretAccessKey)] = err.Error()
 	}
diff --git a/internal/credential/attributes_test.go b/internal/credential/attributes_test.go
index 927f8bb..b21a662 100644
--- a/internal/credential/attributes_test.go
+++ b/internal/credential/attributes_test.go
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ func TestGetCredentialsConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := []struct {
 		name                string
 		secrets             *structpb.Struct
-		required            bool
 		attrs               *CredentialAttributes
 		expected            *awsutil.CredentialsConfig
 		expectedErrContains string
@@ -136,32 +135,6 @@ func TestGetCredentialsConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				Region:    "us-west-2",
 			},
 		},
-		{
-			name: "missing access key",
-			secrets: &structpb.Struct{
-				Fields: map[string]*structpb.Value{
-					ConstSecretAccessKey: structpb.NewStringValue("bazqux"),
-				},
-			},
-			attrs: &CredentialAttributes{
-				Region: "us-west-2",
-			},
-			required:            true,
-			expectedErrContains: "secrets.access_key_id: missing required value",
-		},
-		{
-			name: "missing secret key",
-			secrets: &structpb.Struct{
-				Fields: map[string]*structpb.Value{
-					ConstAccessKeyId: structpb.NewStringValue("AKIAfoobar"),
-				},
-			},
-			required: true,
-			attrs: &CredentialAttributes{
-				Region: "us-west-2",
-			},
-			expectedErrContains: "secrets.secret_access_key: missing required value",
-		},
 		{
 			name: "unknown fields",
 			secrets: &structpb.Struct{
@@ -260,7 +233,7 @@ func TestGetCredentialsConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			require := require.New(t)
 
-			actual, err := GetCredentialsConfig(tc.secrets, tc.attrs, tc.required)
+			actual, err := GetCredentialsConfig(tc.secrets, tc.attrs)
 			if tc.expectedErrContains != "" {
 				require.Error(err)
 				require.Contains(err.Error(), tc.expectedErrContains)
diff --git a/plugin/service/host/plugin.go b/plugin/service/host/plugin.go
index f8befc5..944523a 100644
--- a/plugin/service/host/plugin.go
+++ b/plugin/service/host/plugin.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func (p *HostPlugin) OnCreateCatalog(ctx context.Context, req *pb.OnCreateCatalo
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	credConfig, err := credential.GetCredentialsConfig(catalog.GetSecrets(), catalogAttributes.CredentialAttributes, false)
+	credConfig, err := credential.GetCredentialsConfig(catalog.GetSecrets(), catalogAttributes.CredentialAttributes)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func (p *HostPlugin) OnUpdateCatalog(ctx context.Context, req *pb.OnUpdateCatalo
 	// Verify the incoming credentials are valid and return any errors to the
 	// user if they're not. Note this doesn't validate the credentials against
 	// AWS - it only does logical validation on the fields.
-	updatedCredentials, err := credential.GetCredentialsConfig(newCatalog.GetSecrets(), newCatalogAttributes.CredentialAttributes, false)
+	updatedCredentials, err := credential.GetCredentialsConfig(newCatalog.GetSecrets(), newCatalogAttributes.CredentialAttributes)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/plugin/service/storage/plugin.go b/plugin/service/storage/plugin.go
index f973678..08b81e0 100644
--- a/plugin/service/storage/plugin.go
+++ b/plugin/service/storage/plugin.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (p *StoragePlugin) OnCreateStorageBucket(ctx context.Context, req *pb.OnCre
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	credConfig, err := cred.GetCredentialsConfig(bucket.GetSecrets(), storageAttributes.CredentialAttributes, false)
+	credConfig, err := cred.GetCredentialsConfig(bucket.GetSecrets(), storageAttributes.CredentialAttributes)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func (p *StoragePlugin) OnUpdateStorageBucket(ctx context.Context, req *pb.OnUpd
 	// Verify the incoming credentials are valid and return any errors to the
 	// user if they're not. Note this doesn't validate the credentials against
 	// AWS - it only does logical validation on the fields.
-	updatedCredentials, err := cred.GetCredentialsConfig(newBucket.GetSecrets(), newStorageAttributes.CredentialAttributes, false)
+	updatedCredentials, err := cred.GetCredentialsConfig(newBucket.GetSecrets(), newStorageAttributes.CredentialAttributes)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ func (p *StoragePlugin) HeadObject(ctx context.Context, req *pb.HeadObjectReques
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	credConfig, err := cred.GetCredentialsConfig(bucket.GetSecrets(), storageAttributes.CredentialAttributes, false)
+	credConfig, err := cred.GetCredentialsConfig(bucket.GetSecrets(), storageAttributes.CredentialAttributes)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ func (p *StoragePlugin) ValidatePermissions(ctx context.Context, req *pb.Validat
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	credConfig, err := cred.GetCredentialsConfig(bucket.GetSecrets(), storageAttributes.CredentialAttributes, false)
+	credConfig, err := cred.GetCredentialsConfig(bucket.GetSecrets(), storageAttributes.CredentialAttributes)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ func (p *StoragePlugin) GetObject(req *pb.GetObjectRequest, stream pb.StoragePlu
 		return err
 	}
 
-	credConfig, err := cred.GetCredentialsConfig(bucket.GetSecrets(), storageAttributes.CredentialAttributes, false)
+	credConfig, err := cred.GetCredentialsConfig(bucket.GetSecrets(), storageAttributes.CredentialAttributes)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ func (p *StoragePlugin) PutObject(ctx context.Context, req *pb.PutObjectRequest)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	credConfig, err := cred.GetCredentialsConfig(bucket.GetSecrets(), storageAttributes.CredentialAttributes, false)
+	credConfig, err := cred.GetCredentialsConfig(bucket.GetSecrets(), storageAttributes.CredentialAttributes)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ func (p *StoragePlugin) DeleteObjects(ctx context.Context, req *pb.DeleteObjects
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	credConfig, err := cred.GetCredentialsConfig(bucket.GetSecrets(), storageAttributes.CredentialAttributes, false)
+	credConfig, err := cred.GetCredentialsConfig(bucket.GetSecrets(), storageAttributes.CredentialAttributes)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}