diff --git a/data-handling-ng.yml b/data-handling-ng.yml
index e655f577cd6339f42e5446422a1a8990763c5cb1..00e6bd40eb901caf17a0c6cdd8a4c9aad0d48e71 100644
--- a/data-handling-ng.yml
+++ b/data-handling-ng.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ CollectConfig:
     - merge
     - TARGETBRANCH=main merge
     - |
-      curl --fail --retry 2 -X DELETE -s -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: ${GITLAB_PRIVATE_TOKEN}" "https://${CI_SERVER_HOST}/api/v4/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/repository/branches/cc-${CI_JOB_ID}"
+      curl --fail --retry 2 -X DELETE -s -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: ${GITLAB_ACCESS_TOKEN}" "https://${CI_SERVER_HOST}/api/v4/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/repository/branches/cc-${CI_JOB_ID}"
   cache: {}
   only:
     refs: