diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index cdac2d6..3edac1d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ jobs:
     needs: tagpr
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 5
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -61,8 +59,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Release
         run: make release
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          TAP_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
   pushover:
     name: pushover if failure
     if: failure()