diff --git a/cpp/velox/utils/ConfigExtractor.cc b/cpp/velox/utils/ConfigExtractor.cc
index 7c0e180a542e..d5c9ac6552f7 100644
--- a/cpp/velox/utils/ConfigExtractor.cc
+++ b/cpp/velox/utils/ConfigExtractor.cc
@@ -166,10 +166,8 @@ std::shared_ptr<facebook::velox::config::ConfigBase> getHiveConfig(
       auto gsAuthServiceAccountJsonKeyfile =
           conf->get<std::string>("spark.hadoop.fs.gs.auth.service.account.json.keyfile");
       if (gsAuthServiceAccountJsonKeyfile.hasValue()) {
-        auto stream = std::ifstream(gsAuthServiceAccountJsonKeyfile.value());
-        stream.exceptions(std::ios::badbit);
-        std::string gsAuthServiceAccountJson = std::string(std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(stream.rdbuf()), {});
-        hiveConfMap[facebook::velox::connector::hive::HiveConfig::kGCSCredentialsPath] = gsAuthServiceAccountJson;
+        hiveConfMap[facebook::velox::connector::hive::HiveConfig::kGCSCredentialsPath] =
+            gsAuthServiceAccountJsonKeyfile.value();
       } else {
         LOG(WARNING) << "STARTUP: conf spark.hadoop.fs.gs.auth.type is set to SERVICE_ACCOUNT_JSON_KEYFILE, "
                         "however conf spark.hadoop.fs.gs.auth.service.account.json.keyfile is not set";