diff --git a/packages/providers/upload-aws-s3/src/__tests__/utils.test.ts b/packages/providers/upload-aws-s3/src/__tests__/utils.test.ts
index 8aab32fd2f..c9244b373d 100644
--- a/packages/providers/upload-aws-s3/src/__tests__/utils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/providers/upload-aws-s3/src/__tests__/utils.test.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const defaultOptions = {
 
 describe('Utils', () => {
   describe('Extract credentials for V4 different aws provider configurations', () => {
-    test('[Legacy] Credentials directly in the options', async () => {
+    test('[Legacy] Credentials directly in the options', () => {
       const options: InitOptions = {
         accessKeyId,
         secretAccessKey,
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ describe('Utils', () => {
       });
     });
 
-    test('[Legacy] credentials directly in s3Options', async () => {
+    test('[Legacy] credentials directly in s3Options', () => {
       const options: InitOptions = {
         s3Options: {
           accessKeyId,
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ describe('Utils', () => {
       });
     });
 
-    test('Credentials in credentials object inside s3Options', async () => {
+    test('Credentials in credentials object inside s3Options', () => {
       const options: InitOptions = {
         s3Options: {
           credentials: {
@@ -63,5 +63,15 @@ describe('Utils', () => {
         secretAccessKey,
       });
     });
+    test('Does not throw an error when are not present', () => {
+      const options: InitOptions = {
+        s3Options: {
+          ...defaultOptions,
+        },
+      };
+      const credentials = extractCredentials(options);
+
+      expect(credentials).toEqual({});
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/providers/upload-aws-s3/src/utils.ts b/packages/providers/upload-aws-s3/src/utils.ts
index 31e5f34ec6..0fcf30096e 100644
--- a/packages/providers/upload-aws-s3/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/providers/upload-aws-s3/src/utils.ts
@@ -114,6 +114,5 @@ export const extractCredentials = (options: InitOptions): AwsCredentialIdentity
       secretAccessKey: options.s3Options.credentials.secretAccessKey,
     };
   }
-
-  throw new Error("Couldn't find AWS credentials.");
+  return {};
 };