diff --git a/packages/core/src/auth/providers/sharedCredentialsProviderFactory.ts b/packages/core/src/auth/providers/sharedCredentialsProviderFactory.ts
index 41cc3465516..4864a332db0 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/auth/providers/sharedCredentialsProviderFactory.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/auth/providers/sharedCredentialsProviderFactory.ts
@@ -3,47 +3,23 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-import fs from '../../shared/fs/fs'
 import { getLogger, Logger } from '../../shared/logger'
 import { loadSharedCredentialsSections, updateAwsSdkLoadConfigEnvVar } from '../credentials/sharedCredentials'
 import { CredentialsProviderType } from './credentials'
 import { BaseCredentialsProviderFactory } from './credentialsProviderFactory'
 import { SharedCredentialsProvider } from './sharedCredentialsProvider'
-import { getCredentialsFilename, getConfigFilename } from '../credentials/sharedCredentialsFile'
 
 export class SharedCredentialsProviderFactory extends BaseCredentialsProviderFactory<SharedCredentialsProvider> {
     private readonly logger: Logger = getLogger()
 
-    private loadedCredentialsModificationMillis?: number
-    private loadedConfigModificationMillis?: number
-
     public async refresh(): Promise<void> {
-        if (await this.needsRefresh()) {
-            await this.loadSharedCredentialsProviders()
-        }
+        await this.loadSharedCredentialsProviders()
     }
 
     public override getProviderType(): CredentialsProviderType | undefined {
         return SharedCredentialsProvider.getProviderType()
     }
 
-    protected override resetProviders() {
-        this.loadedCredentialsModificationMillis = undefined
-        this.loadedConfigModificationMillis = undefined
-
-        super.resetProviders()
-    }
-
-    private async needsRefresh(): Promise<boolean> {
-        const credentialsLastModMillis = await this.getLastModifiedMillis(getCredentialsFilename())
-        const configLastModMillis = await this.getLastModifiedMillis(getConfigFilename())
-
-        return (
-            this.loadedCredentialsModificationMillis !== credentialsLastModMillis ||
-            this.loadedConfigModificationMillis !== configLastModMillis
-        )
-    }
-
     private async loadSharedCredentialsProviders(): Promise<void> {
         this.resetProviders()
 
@@ -52,9 +28,6 @@ export class SharedCredentialsProviderFactory extends BaseCredentialsProviderFac
             const errors = result.errors.map((e) => e.message).join('\t\n')
             getLogger().warn(`credentials: errors while parsing:\n%s`, errors)
         }
-
-        this.loadedCredentialsModificationMillis = await this.getLastModifiedMillis(getCredentialsFilename())
-        this.loadedConfigModificationMillis = await this.getLastModifiedMillis(getConfigFilename())
         await updateAwsSdkLoadConfigEnvVar()
 
         getLogger().verbose(
@@ -79,13 +52,4 @@ export class SharedCredentialsProviderFactory extends BaseCredentialsProviderFac
             this.addProvider(provider)
         }
     }
-
-    private async getLastModifiedMillis(filepath: string): Promise<number | undefined> {
-        try {
-            const stat = await fs.stat(filepath)
-            return stat.mtime
-        } catch (err) {
-            return undefined
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/test/credentials/provider/sharedCredentialsProviderFactory.test.ts b/packages/core/src/test/credentials/provider/sharedCredentialsProviderFactory.test.ts
index 09d210f18b2..84f2d378e46 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/test/credentials/provider/sharedCredentialsProviderFactory.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/test/credentials/provider/sharedCredentialsProviderFactory.test.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ describe('SharedCredentialsProviderFactory', async function () {
         )
     })
 
-    it('refresh does not reload from file if the file has not changed', async function () {
+    it('refresh always reloads from file', async function () {
         const sut = new SharedCredentialsProviderFactory()
 
         // First load
@@ -129,10 +129,7 @@ describe('SharedCredentialsProviderFactory', async function () {
         // Expect: No reload
         await sut.refresh()
 
-        assert.ok(
-            loadSharedCredentialsSectionsStub.calledOnce,
-            'Credentials should have only been loaded from disk once'
-        )
+        assert.ok(loadSharedCredentialsSectionsStub.calledTwice, 'Credentials should have loaded from disk twice')
     })
 
     it('refresh reloads from file if the file has changed', async function () {