diff --git a/.github/workflows/canary-release.yml b/.github/workflows/canary-release.yml
index 74a7d7197..5f95801f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/canary-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/canary-release.yml
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@ on:
     branches:
       - canary
 
-permissions:
-  pull-requests: write
-  contents: read
-
 # Releases a canary tagged version of the packages
 jobs:
   canary_release:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-and-split.yml b/.github/workflows/release-and-split.yml
index db33ce37c..3e63708f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-and-split.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-and-split.yml
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ on:
     tags:
       - '*'
 
-permissions:
-  pull-requests: write
-  contents: read
-
 jobs:
   release:
     name: version and publish