diff --git a/scripts/generate-pipeline.sh b/scripts/generate-pipeline.sh
index 5397f70..837fc61 100755
--- a/scripts/generate-pipeline.sh
+++ b/scripts/generate-pipeline.sh
@@ -77,19 +77,10 @@ validate-${job_prefix}:
     S3_STATE_BUCKET: "\${S3_STATE_BUCKET}"
     TG_TF_PATH: "/usr/local/bin/terraform"
   before_script:
-    - |
-      if [ -n "\${S3_ACCESS_KEY}" ]; then
-        echo "DEBUG: S3_ACCESS_KEY is set (length: \${#S3_ACCESS_KEY})"
-      else
-        echo "DEBUG: S3_ACCESS_KEY is NOT set"
-      fi
-      if [ -n "\${S3_SECRET_KEY}" ]; then
-        echo "DEBUG: S3_SECRET_KEY is set (length: \${#S3_SECRET_KEY})"
-      else
-        echo "DEBUG: S3_SECRET_KEY is NOT set"
-      fi
-    - export S3_ACCESS_KEY="\${S3_ACCESS_KEY}"
-    - export S3_SECRET_KEY="\${S3_SECRET_KEY}"
+    - echo "DEBUG: S3_ACCESS_KEY="${S3_ACCESS_KEY}"
+    - echo "DEBUG: S3_SECRET_KEY="${S3_SECRET_KEY}"
+    - export S3_ACCESS_KEY="${S3_ACCESS_KEY}"
+    - export S3_SECRET_KEY="${S3_SECRET_KEY}"
     - export AWS_EC2_METADATA_DISABLED=true
     - cd \${TG_ROOT}
   script: