diff --git a/backend/src/utils/setup/index.ts b/backend/src/utils/setup/index.ts
index 7ebdd2563..c4e06ff2c 100644
--- a/backend/src/utils/setup/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/utils/setup/index.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export const setup = async () => {
   await backfillServiceTokenMultiScope();
   await backfillTrustedIps();
   await backfillUserAuthMethods();
-  await backfillPermission();
+  // await backfillPermission();
 
   // re-encrypt any data previously encrypted under server hex 128-bit ENCRYPTION_KEY
   // to base64 256-bit ROOT_ENCRYPTION_KEY