diff --git a/src/internal/api-client.js b/src/internal/api-client.js
index a47b9d7..45acd35 100644
--- a/src/internal/api-client.js
+++ b/src/internal/api-client.js
@@ -54,6 +54,24 @@ async function processRuntimeResponse(res, requestOptions) {
   return response
 }
 
+async function getArtifactMetadata({githubToken, runId, artifactName}) {
+  const octokit = github.getOctokit(githubToken)
+
+  try {
+    const response = await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/runs/{run_id}/artifacts?name={artifactName}', {
+      owner: github.context.repo.owner,
+      repo: github.context.repo.repo,
+      run_id: runId,
+      artifactName: artifactName
+    })
+
+    return response.data
+  } catch (error) {
+    core.error('Fetching artifact metadata failed', error)
+    throw error
+  }
+}
+
 async function getSignedArtifactMetadata({ runtimeToken, workflowRunId, artifactName }) {
   const { runTimeUrl: RUNTIME_URL } = getContext()
   const artifactExchangeUrl = `${RUNTIME_URL}_apis/pipelines/workflows/${workflowRunId}/artifacts?api-version=6.0-preview`
@@ -173,6 +191,7 @@ async function cancelPagesDeployment({ githubToken, deploymentId }) {
 }
 
 module.exports = {
+  getArtifactMetadata,
   getSignedArtifactMetadata,
   createPagesDeployment,
   getPagesDeploymentStatus,
diff --git a/src/internal/context.js b/src/internal/context.js
index 5ee48c3..82c62db 100644
--- a/src/internal/context.js
+++ b/src/internal/context.js
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ const core = require('@actions/core')
 // Load variables from Actions runtime
 function getRequiredVars() {
   return {
-    runTimeUrl: process.env.ACTIONS_RUNTIME_URL,
     workflowRun: process.env.GITHUB_RUN_ID,
-    runTimeToken: process.env.ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN,
     repositoryNwo: process.env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY,
     buildVersion: process.env.GITHUB_SHA,
     buildActor: process.env.GITHUB_ACTOR,
diff --git a/src/internal/deployment.js b/src/internal/deployment.js
index af536dc..1e2be39 100644
--- a/src/internal/deployment.js
+++ b/src/internal/deployment.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const core = require('@actions/core')
 // All variables we need from the runtime are loaded here
 const getContext = require('./context')
 const {
-  getSignedArtifactMetadata,
+  getArtifactMetadata,
   createPagesDeployment,
   getPagesDeploymentStatus,
   cancelPagesDeployment
@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ const SIZE_LIMIT_DESCRIPTION = '1 GB'
 class Deployment {
   constructor() {
     const context = getContext()
-    this.runTimeUrl = context.runTimeUrl
     this.repositoryNwo = context.repositoryNwo
-    this.runTimeToken = context.runTimeToken
     this.buildVersion = context.buildVersion
     this.buildActor = context.buildActor
     this.actionsId = context.actionsId
@@ -65,40 +63,15 @@ class Deployment {
       core.debug(`Action ID: ${this.actionsId}`)
       core.debug(`Actions Workflow Run ID: ${this.workflowRun}`)
 
-      const artifactData = await getSignedArtifactMetadata({
-        runtimeToken: this.runTimeToken,
+      const artifactData = await getArtifactMetadata({
+        githubToken: this.githubToken,
         workflowRunId: this.workflowRun,
         artifactName: this.artifactName
       })
 
-      if (artifactData?.size > ONE_GIGABYTE) {
-        core.warning(
-          `Uploaded artifact size of ${artifactData?.size} bytes exceeds the allowed size of ${SIZE_LIMIT_DESCRIPTION}. Deployment might fail.`
-        )
-      }
+      console.log(artifactData)
 
-      const deployment = await createPagesDeployment({
-        githubToken: this.githubToken,
-        artifactUrl: artifactData.url,
-        buildVersion: this.buildVersion,
-        idToken,
-        isPreview: this.isPreview
-      })
-
-      if (deployment) {
-        this.deploymentInfo = {
-          ...deployment,
-          id: deployment.id || deployment.status_url?.split('/')?.pop() || this.buildVersion,
-          pending: true
-        }
-        this.startTime = Date.now()
-      }
-
-      core.info(`Created deployment for ${this.buildVersion}, ID: ${this.deploymentInfo?.id}`)
-
-      core.debug(JSON.stringify(deployment))
-
-      return deployment
+      return nil
     } catch (error) {
       core.error(error.stack)