diff --git a/extensions.json b/extensions.json
index fd49bd966..a429fc9ca 100644
--- a/extensions.json
+++ b/extensions.json
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
   },
   "equinusocio.vsc-material-theme-icons": {
     "repository": "https://github.com/material-theme/vsc-material-theme-icons",
-    "prepublish": "sed -i 's+git@github.com:material-theme/vsc-material-theme-icons-src.git+https://github.com/material-theme/vsc-material-theme-icons-src.git+g' build/get-remote-icons.ts && yarn build"
+    "prepublish": "yarn build"
   },
   "erlang-ls.erlang-ls": {
     "repository": "https://github.com/erlang-ls/vscode",
diff --git a/lib/exec.js b/lib/exec.js
index 9532b70a7..b60d6d9e4 100644
--- a/lib/exec.js
+++ b/lib/exec.js
@@ -21,7 +21,13 @@ module.exports = async (command, options) => {
     console.log(`Running: ${command}`);
   }
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    const child = cp.exec(command, { cwd: options?.cwd }, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
+    const child = cp.exec(command, {
+      cwd: options?.cwd, env: {
+        ...process.env,
+        // remove on purporse to work around issues in vscode package
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: undefined
+      }
+    }, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
       if (error) {
         return reject(error);
       }