diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a71300641..e5edf42cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ name: Release
       - beta
       - "*.x"
 
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-  issues: write
-
 # These are recommended by the semantic-release docs: https://github.com/semantic-release/npm#npm-provenance
 permissions:
     contents: write # to be able to publish a GitHub release