diff --git a/ci/scripts/promote.sh b/ci/scripts/promote.sh
index adfcabcfd9..eef493f4bc 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/promote.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/promote.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ if [[ $RELEASE_TYPE = "RELEASE" ]]; then
 		--max-time 900 \
 		-u ${ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME}:${ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD} \
 		-H "Content-type:application/json" \
-		-u ${ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME}:${ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD} \
 		-d "{\"sourceRepos\": [\"libs-release-local\"], \"targetRepo\" : \"spring-distributions\"}" \
 		-f \
 		-X \