diff --git a/ui/build/config.go b/ui/build/config.go
index 80038f511..0259009b3 100644
--- a/ui/build/config.go
+++ b/ui/build/config.go
@@ -1514,7 +1514,7 @@ func (c *configImpl) GoogleProdCredsExist() bool {
 	if googleProdCredsExistCache {
 		return googleProdCredsExistCache
 	}
-	if _, err := exec.Command("/usr/bin/gcertstatus").Output(); err != nil {
+	if _, err := exec.Command("/usr/bin/gcertstatus", "-nocheck_ssh").Output(); err != nil {
 		return false
 	}
 	googleProdCredsExistCache = true