diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7a96d2f..6237bac 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,11 +39,9 @@ jobs:
     - name: Remove old artifacts
       uses: c-hive/gha-remove-artifacts@v1
       with:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         age: '1 month'
         skip-tags: true
 ```
-_Note: `secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN` is a repository-level access token already provided by the Actions framework, you don't need to set any secrets._
 
 ## Conventions
 
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 1e93f60..d7b9e3d 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ inputs:
   GITHUB_TOKEN:
     description: 'Access token for the repository, available under the same name in secrets.'
     required: true
+    default: ${{ github.token }}
   skip-tags:
     description: 'true/false. If enabled, tag build artifacts (e.g. release artifacts) will be kept.'
     required: false