diff --git a/.github/workflows/zizmor.yml b/.github/workflows/zizmor.yml
index 0950d527..2d640e6f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/zizmor.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/zizmor.yml
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ jobs:
 
     permissions:
       security-events: write # Required for upload-sarif (used by zizmor-action) to upload SARIF files.
-      contents: read # Only needed for private repos. Needed to clone the repo.
-      actions: read # Only needed for private repos. Needed for upload-sarif to read workflow run info.
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository