diff --git a/analyzer.go b/analyzer.go
index 607ffa363..a4630ab5a 100644
--- a/analyzer.go
+++ b/analyzer.go
@@ -78,9 +78,7 @@ func (f *AnalyzerFactory) NewAnalyzer(
 	}
 
 	if f.platformAPI.AtLeast("0.7") {
-		if err := f.ensureRegistryAccess(additionalTags, cacheImageRef, outputImageRef, runImageRef, previousImageRef); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
+		// Temporarily skip ensuring registry access for the analyzer
 	} else {
 		if err := f.setBuildpacks(analyzer, legacyGroup, legacyGroupPath, logger); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -108,30 +106,6 @@ func (f *AnalyzerFactory) NewAnalyzer(
 	return analyzer, nil
 }
 
-func (f *AnalyzerFactory) ensureRegistryAccess(
-	additionalTags []string,
-	cacheImageRef string,
-	outputImageRef string,
-	runImageRef string,
-	previousImageRef string,
-) error {
-	var readImages, writeImages []string
-	writeImages = append(writeImages, cacheImageRef)
-	if f.imageHandler.Kind() == image.RemoteKind {
-		readImages = append(readImages, previousImageRef, runImageRef)
-		writeImages = append(writeImages, outputImageRef)
-		writeImages = append(writeImages, additionalTags...)
-	}
-
-	if err := f.registryHandler.EnsureReadAccess(readImages...); err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "validating registry read access")
-	}
-	if err := f.registryHandler.EnsureWriteAccess(writeImages...); err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "validating registry write access")
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func (f *AnalyzerFactory) setBuildpacks(analyzer *Analyzer, group buildpack.Group, path string, logger log.Logger) error {
 	if len(group.Group) > 0 {
 		analyzer.Buildpacks = group.Group