diff --git a/packages/integration/package.json b/packages/integration/package.json
index b4134ab00e..254b4d3fe5 100644
--- a/packages/integration/package.json
+++ b/packages/integration/package.json
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@backstage/config": "^0.1.2",
+    "@backstage/integration": "^0.4.0",
     "cross-fetch": "^3.0.6",
     "git-url-parse": "^11.4.4",
     "@octokit/rest": "^18.0.12",
diff --git a/packages/integration/src/github/config.ts b/packages/integration/src/github/config.ts
index 4b80a9aa60..2a998ef18b 100644
--- a/packages/integration/src/github/config.ts
+++ b/packages/integration/src/github/config.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { isValidHost } from '../helpers';
+import { GithubCredentialsProvider } from '@backstage/integration';
 
 const GITHUB_HOST = 'github.com';
 const GITHUB_API_BASE_URL = 'https://api.github.com';
@@ -60,11 +61,11 @@ export type GitHubIntegrationConfig = {
   token?: string;
 
   /**
-   * The accessType (oAuth|githubApp) to use for requests to this provider.
+   * The credentialsProvider to use for requests to this provider.
    *
-   * If no user is specified, oAuth access is used.
+   * If no credentialsProvider is created, undefined is used.
    */
-  accessType?: string;
+  credentialsProvider?: GithubCredentialsProvider | undefined;
 
   /**
    * The GitHub Apps configuration to use for requests to this provider.
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/publish/github.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/publish/github.ts
index 4dd872ad8f..4d038ed5b9 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/publish/github.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/publish/github.ts
@@ -31,15 +31,13 @@ export class GithubPublisher implements PublisherBase {
     config: GitHubIntegrationConfig,
     { repoVisibility }: { repoVisibility: RepoVisibilityOptions },
   ) {
-    config.accessType = 'oAuth';
-
-    const credentialsProvider = GithubCredentialsProvider.create(config);
+    let credentialsProvider: GithubCredentialsProvider | undefined = undefined;
 
     if (!config.token) {
       if (!config.apps) {
         return undefined;
       }
-      config.accessType = 'githubApp';
+      credentialsProvider = GithubCredentialsProvider.create(config);
     }
 
     const githubClient = new Octokit({
@@ -49,7 +47,6 @@ export class GithubPublisher implements PublisherBase {
 
     return new GithubPublisher({
       token: config.token || '',
-      accessType: config.accessType,
       credentialsProvider,
       client: githubClient,
       repoVisibility,
@@ -60,8 +57,7 @@ export class GithubPublisher implements PublisherBase {
   constructor(
     private readonly config: {
       token: string;
-      accessType: string;
-      credentialsProvider: GithubCredentialsProvider;
+      credentialsProvider: GithubCredentialsProvider | undefined;
       client: Octokit;
       repoVisibility: RepoVisibilityOptions;
       apiBaseUrl: string | undefined;
@@ -80,7 +76,7 @@ export class GithubPublisher implements PublisherBase {
       password: 'x-oauth-basic',
     };
 
-    if (this.config.accessType === 'githubApp') {
+    if (this.config.credentialsProvider) {
       this.config.token =
         (
           await this.config.credentialsProvider.getCredentials({