diff --git a/hack/webIdentityToken b/hack/webIdentityToken
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b0fd0e46..000000000
--- a/hack/webIdentityToken
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwibmFtZSI6IkpvaG4gRG9lIiwiaWF0IjoxNzEwMzUxNjM4LCJpc3MiOiJodHRwczovL2V4YW1wbGUuY29tIiwiYXVkIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9leGFtcGxlLmNvbSIsImV4cCI6MTc0MTg4NzYwOH0.yu4G8_3ZDsWA1wJC4jZjh9FCEGbW0eke1ffFw1Xhvvw
diff --git a/pkg/issuer/acme/dns/route53/route53_test.go b/pkg/issuer/acme/dns/route53/route53_test.go
index ad7cae950..7f563dbe5 100644
--- a/pkg/issuer/acme/dns/route53/route53_test.go
+++ b/pkg/issuer/acme/dns/route53/route53_test.go
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ import (
 	logf "github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/pkg/logs"
 )
 
+const jwt string = "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJhdWQiOiJzdHMuYW1hem9uYXdzLmNvbSIsImV4cCI6MTc0MTg4NzYwOCwiaWF0IjoxNzEwMzUxNjM4LCJpc3MiOiJodHRwczovL2V4YW1wbGUuY29tIiwibmFtZSI6IkpvaG4gRG9lIiwic3ViIjoiMTIzNDU2Nzg5MCJ9.SfuV3SW-vEdV-tLFIr2PK2DnN6QYmozygav5OeoH36Q"
+
 func makeRoute53Provider(ts *httptest.Server) (*DNSProvider, error) {
 	cfg, err := config.LoadDefaultConfig(
 		context.TODO(),
@@ -228,7 +230,7 @@ func TestAssumeRole(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:             "should assume role with web identity",
 			role:             "my-role",
-			webIdentityToken: "../../../../../hack/webIdentityToken",
+			webIdentityToken: jwt,
 			expErr:           false,
 			expCreds:         creds,
 			mockSTS: &mockSTS{
@@ -241,7 +243,7 @@ func TestAssumeRole(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:             "require role when using assume role with web identity",
-			webIdentityToken: "../../../../../hack/webIdentityToken",
+			webIdentityToken: jwt,
 			expErr:           true,
 			expCreds:         nil,
 			mockSTS: &mockSTS{