diff --git a/packages/error-reporting/src/configuration.js b/packages/error-reporting/src/configuration.js
index a83188b8c45..18892607b55 100644
--- a/packages/error-reporting/src/configuration.js
+++ b/packages/error-reporting/src/configuration.js
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ var isObject = is.object;
 var isBoolean = is.boolean;
 var isString = is.string;
 var isNumber = is.number;
-var isEmpty = is.empty;
-var isNull = is.null;
 var version = require('../package.json').version;
 
 /**
@@ -146,15 +144,6 @@ var Configuration = function(givenConfig, logger) {
    * @type {String}
    */
   this._version = version;
-  /**
-    * Boolean flag indicating whether or not the configuration instance was able
-    * to find a set of usable credentials to attempt authorization against the
-    * Stackdriver API.
-    * @memberof Configuration
-    * @private
-    * @type {Boolean}
-    */
-  this._lacksValidCredentials = true;
   /**
    * The _givenConfiguration property holds a ConfigurationOptions object
    * which, if valid, will be merged against by the values taken from the meta-
@@ -278,29 +267,6 @@ Configuration.prototype._gatherLocalConfiguration = function() {
   } else if (has(this._givenConfiguration, 'credentials')) {
     throw new Error('config.credentials must be a valid credentials object');
   }
-  this._checkAuthConfiguration();
-};
-/**
-  * The _checkAuthConfiguration function is responsible for determining whether
-  * or not a configuration instance, after having gathered configuration from
-  * environment and runtime, has credentials information enough to attempt
-  * authorization with the Stackdriver Errors API.
-  * @memberof Configuration
-  * @private
-  * @function _checkAuthConfiguration
-  * @returns {Undefined} - does not return anything
-  */
-Configuration.prototype._checkAuthConfiguration = function() {
-  if (!isNull(this._key) || !isNull(this._keyFilename) ||
-    !isNull(this._credentials) ||
-    !isEmpty(process.env.GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS)) {
-    this._lacksValidCredentials = false;
-  } else {
-    this._logger.warn([
-      'Unable to find credential information on instance. This library will',
-      'be unable to communicate with the Stackdriver API to save errors.'
-    ].join(' '));
-  }
 };
 /**
  * The _checkLocalProjectId function is responsible for determing whether the
@@ -408,14 +374,4 @@ Configuration.prototype.getServiceContext = function() {
 Configuration.prototype.getVersion = function() {
   return this._version;
 };
-/**
- * Returns the _lacksValidCredentials property on the instance.
- * @memberof Configuration
- * @public
- * @function getVersion
- * @returns {Boolean} - returns the _lacksValidCredentials property
- */
-Configuration.prototype.lacksCredentials = function() {
-  return this._lacksValidCredentials;
-};
 module.exports = Configuration;
diff --git a/packages/error-reporting/src/interfaces/express.js b/packages/error-reporting/src/interfaces/express.js
index 07a0614a603..07803c173fe 100644
--- a/packages/error-reporting/src/interfaces/express.js
+++ b/packages/error-reporting/src/interfaces/express.js
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ function makeExpressHandler(client, config) {
     var ctxService = '';
     var ctxVersion = '';
 
-    if (config.lacksCredentials()) {
-      next(err);
-    }
-
     if (isObject(config)) {
       ctxService = config.getServiceContext().service;
       ctxVersion = config.getServiceContext().version;
diff --git a/packages/error-reporting/src/interfaces/hapi.js b/packages/error-reporting/src/interfaces/hapi.js
index 10f542c8863..9f8855a2853 100644
--- a/packages/error-reporting/src/interfaces/hapi.js
+++ b/packages/error-reporting/src/interfaces/hapi.js
@@ -78,26 +78,18 @@ function makeHapiPlugin(client, config) {
     if (isObject(server)) {
       if (isFunction(server.on)) {
         server.on('request-error', function(req, err) {
-          var em = hapiErrorHandler(req, err, config);
-
-          if (!config.lacksCredentials()) {
-            client.sendError(em);
-          }
+          client.sendError(hapiErrorHandler(req, err, config));
         });
       }
 
       if (isFunction(server.ext)) {
         server.ext('onPreResponse', function(request, reply) {
-          var em = null;
-
           if (isObject(request) && isObject(request.response) &&
               request.response.isBoom) {
-            em = hapiErrorHandler(request, new Error(request.response.message),
-                                  config);
-
-            if (!config.lacksCredentials()) {
-              client.sendError(em);
-            }
+            var em = hapiErrorHandler(request,
+                                      new Error(request.response.message),
+                                      config);
+            client.sendError(em);
           }
 
           if (isObject(reply) && isFunction(reply.continue)) {
diff --git a/packages/error-reporting/src/interfaces/koa.js b/packages/error-reporting/src/interfaces/koa.js
index e3f4751d068..b0297fb7eaf 100644
--- a/packages/error-reporting/src/interfaces/koa.js
+++ b/packages/error-reporting/src/interfaces/koa.js
@@ -41,18 +41,13 @@ function koaErrorHandler(client, config) {
    * @returns {Undefined} does not return anything
    */
   return function *(next) {
-    var em;
     var svc = config.getServiceContext();
 
     try {
 
       yield next;
     } catch (err) {
-      if (config.lacksCredentials()) {
-        return;
-      }
-
-      em = new ErrorMessage()
+      var em = new ErrorMessage()
                .consumeRequestInformation(
                    koaRequestInformationExtractor(this.request, this.response))
                .setServiceContext(svc.service,
diff --git a/packages/error-reporting/src/interfaces/manual.js b/packages/error-reporting/src/interfaces/manual.js
index f2c7230158f..e2dbc74e495 100644
--- a/packages/error-reporting/src/interfaces/manual.js
+++ b/packages/error-reporting/src/interfaces/manual.js
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ function handlerSetup(client, config) {
    */
   function reportManualError(err, request, additionalMessage, callback) {
     var em;
-    if (config.lacksCredentials()) {
-      return;
-    }
     if (isString(request)) {
       // no request given
       callback = additionalMessage;
diff --git a/packages/error-reporting/src/interfaces/restify.js b/packages/error-reporting/src/interfaces/restify.js
index df03996aae4..5d8a6e89d6f 100644
--- a/packages/error-reporting/src/interfaces/restify.js
+++ b/packages/error-reporting/src/interfaces/restify.js
@@ -128,9 +128,6 @@ function restifyRequestHandler(client, config, req, res, next) {
 function serverErrorHandler(client, config, server) {
 
   server.on('uncaughtException', function(req, res, reqConfig, err) {
-    if (config.lacksCredentials()) {
-      return;
-    }
     var em = new ErrorMessage().consumeRequestInformation(
         expressRequestInformationExtractor(req, res));