diff --git a/.github/actions/extract_and_sync_translations/action.yml b/.github/actions/extract_and_sync_translations/action.yml
index 947aa58..c12e018 100644
--- a/.github/actions/extract_and_sync_translations/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/extract_and_sync_translations/action.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 name: Sync Translations with CloudFlare
 description: Sync Crowdin translations of desired environment with cloudflare
-permissions:
-  contents: write
 
 inputs:
   PROJECT_NAME:
@@ -82,9 +80,7 @@ runs:
         CROWDIN_PERSONAL_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.CROWDIN_PERSONAL_TOKEN }}
         CROWDIN_BASE_URL: ${{ inputs.CROWDIN_BASE_URL }}
         CROWDIN_BASE_PATH: ${{ inputs.CROWDIN_BASE_PATH }}
-    - name: Copy messages.json (source file) as en.json to the translations folder.
-      shell: bash
-      run: cp ./crowdin/messages.json ./translations/en.json
+
     - name: R2 Upload Action to upload translations to Cloudflare
       uses: ryand56/r2-upload-action@latest
       with: