diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index f3c542b62..a51ccd33c 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -2,26 +2,24 @@ const gulp = require('gulp');
 const utils = require('./packages/tools/gulp/utils');
 
 const tasks = {
-	// copyLib: require('./packages/tools/gulp/tasks/copyLib'),
-	// tsc: require('./packages/tools/gulp/tasks/tsc'),
 	updateIgnoredTypeScriptBuild: require('./packages/tools/gulp/tasks/updateIgnoredTypeScriptBuild'),
 	buildCommandIndex: require('./packages/tools/gulp/tasks/buildCommandIndex'),
-	// deleteBuildDirs: require('./packages/tools/gulp/tasks/deleteBuildDirs'),
 	completePublishAll: {
 		fn: async () => {
-			// await utils.execCommandVerbose('git pull');
+
 			await utils.execCommandVerbose('git', ['add', '-A']);
 			await utils.execCommandVerbose('git', ['commit', '-m', 'Releasing sub-packages']);
-			await utils.execCommandVerbose('lerna', ['publish', 'from-package', '-y']);
+
+			// Lerna does some unnecessary auth check that doesn't work with
+			// automation tokens, thus the --no-verify-access. Automation token
+			// is still used for access when publishing even with this flag
+			// (publishing would fail otherwise).
+			// https://github.com/lerna/lerna/issues/2788
+			await utils.execCommandVerbose('lerna', ['publish', 'from-package', '-y', '--no-verify-access']);
+
 			await utils.execCommandVerbose('git', ['push']);
 		},
 	},
 };
 
 utils.registerGulpTasks(gulp, tasks);
-
-// gulp.task('build', gulp.series('copyLib', 'tsc', 'updateIgnoredTypeScriptBuild'));
-
-// // The clean task removes build directories and copy back the library. This is useful
-// // when switching from one branch to another.
-// gulp.task('clean', gulp.series('deleteBuildDirs', 'copyLib'));