diff --git a/src/codegen/git/repo_operator/remote_repo_operator.py b/src/codegen/git/repo_operator/remote_repo_operator.py
index 6aa5be036..fe7579e35 100644
--- a/src/codegen/git/repo_operator/remote_repo_operator.py
+++ b/src/codegen/git/repo_operator/remote_repo_operator.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class RemoteRepoOperator(RepoOperator):
     # __init__ attributes
     repo_config: RepoConfig
     base_dir: str
+    access_token: str | None = None
 
     # lazy attributes
     _remote_git_repo: GitRepoClient | None = None
@@ -42,7 +43,8 @@ def __init__(
         bot_commit: bool = True,
         access_token: str | None = None,
     ) -> None:
-        super().__init__(repo_config=repo_config, base_dir=base_dir, bot_commit=bot_commit, access_token=access_token)
+        super().__init__(repo_config=repo_config, base_dir=base_dir, bot_commit=bot_commit)
+        self.access_token = access_token
         self.setup_repo_dir(setup_option=setup_option, shallow=shallow)
 
     ####################################################################################################################
diff --git a/src/codegen/git/repo_operator/repo_operator.py b/src/codegen/git/repo_operator/repo_operator.py
index 02853dee4..0d064ec3e 100644
--- a/src/codegen/git/repo_operator/repo_operator.py
+++ b/src/codegen/git/repo_operator/repo_operator.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ class RepoOperator(ABC):
     repo_config: BaseRepoConfig
     base_dir: str
     bot_commit: bool = True
-    access_token: str | None = None
     _codeowners_parser: CodeOwnersParser | None = None
     _default_branch: str | None = None
 
@@ -38,13 +37,11 @@ def __init__(
         repo_config: BaseRepoConfig,
         base_dir: str = "/tmp",
         bot_commit: bool = True,
-        access_token: str | None = None,
     ) -> None:
         assert repo_config is not None
         self.repo_config = repo_config
         self.base_dir = base_dir
         self.bot_commit = bot_commit
-        self.access_token = access_token
 
     ####################################################################################################################
     # PROPERTIES