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..cf48d5b3bd 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 credentials are not present', () => {
+      const options: InitOptions = {
+        s3Options: {
+          ...defaultOptions,
+        },
+      };
+      const credentials = extractCredentials(options);
+
+      expect(credentials).toEqual(null);
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/providers/upload-aws-s3/src/index.ts b/packages/providers/upload-aws-s3/src/index.ts
index 1a280536da..dac9ea3a29 100644
--- a/packages/providers/upload-aws-s3/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/providers/upload-aws-s3/src/index.ts
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ const getConfig = ({ baseUrl, rootPath, s3Options, ...legacyS3Options }: InitOpt
       "S3 configuration options passed at root level of the plugin's providerOptions is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please wrap them inside the 's3Options:{}' property."
     );
   }
-
+  const credentials = extractCredentials({ s3Options, ...legacyS3Options });
   const config = {
     ...s3Options,
     ...legacyS3Options,
-    credentials: extractCredentials({ s3Options, ...legacyS3Options }),
+    ...(credentials ? { credentials } : {}),
   };
 
   config.params.ACL = getOr(ObjectCannedACL.public_read, ['params', 'ACL'], config);
diff --git a/packages/providers/upload-aws-s3/src/utils.ts b/packages/providers/upload-aws-s3/src/utils.ts
index 31e5f34ec6..8847cb0579 100644
--- a/packages/providers/upload-aws-s3/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/providers/upload-aws-s3/src/utils.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ function getBucketFromAwsUrl(fileUrl: string): BucketInfo {
 }
 
 // TODO Remove this in V5 since we will only support the new config structure
-export const extractCredentials = (options: InitOptions): AwsCredentialIdentity => {
+export const extractCredentials = (options: InitOptions): AwsCredentialIdentity | null => {
   // legacy
   if (options.accessKeyId && options.secretAccessKey) {
     return {
@@ -115,5 +115,5 @@ export const extractCredentials = (options: InitOptions): AwsCredentialIdentity
     };
   }
 
-  throw new Error("Couldn't find AWS credentials.");
+  return null;
 };