diff --git a/backend/s3/s3.go b/backend/s3/s3.go
index 1d9c281d6..e4bcf84b7 100644
--- a/backend/s3/s3.go
+++ b/backend/s3/s3.go
@@ -2657,7 +2657,7 @@ func s3Connection(ctx context.Context, opt *Options, client *http.Client) (*s3.S
 		}
 		// The session constructor (aws/session/mergeConfigSrcs) will only use the user's preferred credential source
 		// (from the shared config file) if the passed-in Options.Config.Credentials is nil.
-		awsSessionOpts.Config.Credentials = nil
+		// awsSessionOpts.Config.Credentials = nil
 	}
 	ses, err := session.NewSessionWithOptions(awsSessionOpts)
 	if err != nil {