diff --git a/.github/workflows/api-deploy-production-ecs.yml b/.github/workflows/api-deploy-production-ecs.yml
index 6a1da1afc225..6528e2adbadc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/api-deploy-production-ecs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/api-deploy-production-ecs.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 name: API Deploy to Production ECS
 
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
 on:
   push:
     tags: