diff --git a/packages-answers/scripts/generateCsv.ts b/packages-answers/scripts/generateCsv.ts
index bf929bfe05d..0190e3d89e6 100644
--- a/packages-answers/scripts/generateCsv.ts
+++ b/packages-answers/scripts/generateCsv.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,16 @@ import { parse } from 'csv-parse/sync'
 import { AppCsvParseRuns } from '../db/generated/prisma-client'
 import { prisma } from '../db/src/client'
 
-const s3 = new S3({
-    region: process.env.S3_STORAGE_REGION ?? 'us-east-1',
-    credentials: {
-        accessKeyId: process.env.S3_STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY_ID ?? '',
-        secretAccessKey: process.env.S3_STORAGE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY ?? ''
+const s3Config: any = {
+    region: process.env.S3_STORAGE_REGION ?? 'us-east-1'
+}
+if (process.env.S3_STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY_ID && process.env.S3_STORAGE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY) {
+    s3Config.credentials = {
+        accessKeyId: process.env.S3_STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
+        secretAccessKey: process.env.S3_STORAGE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
     }
-})
+}
+const s3 = new S3(s3Config)
 
 function collectAllColumnKeys(rows: Array<Record<string, unknown>>): string[] {
     const seen = new Set<string>()
diff --git a/packages-answers/scripts/initCsvRun.ts b/packages-answers/scripts/initCsvRun.ts
index 60d39dbc25c..83f7fccf831 100644
--- a/packages-answers/scripts/initCsvRun.ts
+++ b/packages-answers/scripts/initCsvRun.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,16 @@ import { parse } from 'csv-parse/sync'
 import { AppCsvParseRuns } from '../db/generated/prisma-client'
 import { prisma } from '../db/src/client'
 
-const s3 = new S3({
-    region: process.env.S3_STORAGE_REGION ?? 'us-east-1',
-    credentials: {
-        accessKeyId: process.env.S3_STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY_ID ?? '',
-        secretAccessKey: process.env.S3_STORAGE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY ?? ''
+const s3Config: any = {
+    region: process.env.S3_STORAGE_REGION ?? 'us-east-1'
+}
+if (process.env.S3_STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY_ID && process.env.S3_STORAGE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY) {
+    s3Config.credentials = {
+        accessKeyId: process.env.S3_STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
+        secretAccessKey: process.env.S3_STORAGE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
     }
-})
+}
+const s3 = new S3(s3Config)
 
 const initCsvRun = async (csvParseRun: AppCsvParseRuns) => {
     try {
diff --git a/packages-answers/utils/src/ingest/document.ts b/packages-answers/utils/src/ingest/document.ts
index efe5df6df57..17e8fc31a3b 100644
--- a/packages-answers/utils/src/ingest/document.ts
+++ b/packages-answers/utils/src/ingest/document.ts
@@ -320,10 +320,10 @@ export const processDocument: EventVersionHandler<{
 
         const s3Client = new S3Client({
             region: AWS_S3_REGION,
-            credentials: {
-                accessKeyId: S3_STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
-                secretAccessKey: S3_STORAGE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
-            }
+            credentials:
+                S3_STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY_ID && S3_STORAGE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
+                    ? { accessKeyId: S3_STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY_ID, secretAccessKey: S3_STORAGE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }
+                    : undefined
         })
 
         const command = new GetObjectCommand({