diff --git a/go-chaos/cmd/root.go b/go-chaos/cmd/root.go
index bbae0608b..0a945ea89 100644
--- a/go-chaos/cmd/root.go
+++ b/go-chaos/cmd/root.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
-	"github.com/camunda/zeebe/clients/go/v8/pkg/zbc"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -70,9 +69,6 @@ var Commit = "HEAD"
 var Verbose bool
 var KubeConfigPath string
 var Namespace string
-var ClientId string
-var ClientSecret string
-var Audience string
 var JsonLogging bool
 
 func NewCmd() *cobra.Command {
@@ -91,13 +87,6 @@ func NewCmd() *cobra.Command {
 			}
 			internal.Namespace = Namespace
 			internal.KubeConfigPath = KubeConfigPath
-			if ClientId != "" && ClientSecret != "" {
-				internal.ZeebeClientCredential, _ = zbc.NewOAuthCredentialsProvider(&zbc.OAuthProviderConfig{
-					ClientID:     ClientId,
-					ClientSecret: ClientSecret,
-					Audience:     Audience,
-				})
-			}
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -105,9 +94,6 @@ func NewCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&JsonLogging, "jsonLogging", "", false, "json logging output")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&KubeConfigPath, "kubeconfig", "", "path the the kube config that will be used")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&Namespace, "namespace", "n", "", "connect to the given namespace")
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&ClientId, "clientId", "c", "", "connect using the given clientId")
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&ClientSecret, "clientSecret", "", "connect using the given client secret")
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&Audience, "audience", "", "connect using the given client secret")
 
 	AddBackupCommand(rootCmd, flags)
 	AddBrokersCommand(rootCmd)
diff --git a/go-chaos/internal/flags.go b/go-chaos/internal/flags.go
index d054c7e8e..4f1ff483e 100644
--- a/go-chaos/internal/flags.go
+++ b/go-chaos/internal/flags.go
@@ -15,21 +15,18 @@
 package internal
 
 import (
-	"github.com/camunda/zeebe/clients/go/v8/pkg/zbc"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 )
 
-// defines whether the functions should print verbose output
+// Verbosity defines whether the functions should print verbose output
 var Verbosity = false
 
-// defines if a custom kube config should be used instead of the default one found by k8s
+// KubeConfigPath defines if a custom kube config should be used instead of the default one found by k8s
 var KubeConfigPath string
 
-// sets the namespace to be used instead of the namespace from the current kube context
+// Namespace sets the namespace to be used instead of the namespace from the current kube context
 var Namespace string
 
-var ZeebeClientCredential zbc.CredentialsProvider
-
-// defines whether the logging should be structured json logging
+// JsonLogging defines whether the logging should be structured json logging
 var JsonLogging bool
 var JsonLogger zerolog.Logger