diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/docs-deploy.yml
index a6414878f..d41c74b4c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-deploy.yml
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@ jobs:
             run:
                 working-directory: docs
 
-        # cloudflare/pages-action needs these to create deployments
-        permissions:
-            contents: read
-            deployments: write
-
         steps:
             - name: Checkout code
               uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -49,5 +44,4 @@ jobs:
                   apiToken: ${{ secrets.CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN }}
                   projectName: docs-3d7
                   directory: docs/docs/.vitepress/dist
-                  gitHubToken: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
                   wranglerVersion: "3"
diff --git a/web/docs/deploy-new.md b/web/docs/deploy-new.md
index 7b77d3975..eaaaf40c6 100644
--- a/web/docs/deploy-new.md
+++ b/web/docs/deploy-new.md
@@ -68,16 +68,3 @@ As a concrete example, the GitHub workflow that deploys `docs/` passes "help" as
 the branch name. The resulting deployment is available at "help.ente.pages.dev".
 Finally, we add a custom domain to point to it from
 [help.ente.io](https://help.ente.io).
-
-## GitHub deployments
-
-In our workflow we use the `deployments: write` permission and pass the
-resulting `GITHUB_TOKEN` to the Cloudflare Pages Action
-([docs](https://github.com/cloudflare/pages-action)).
-
-This will create "GitHub Deployments" for each deploy. We can see them on the
-[Deployments](https://github.com/ente-io/ente/deployments) dashboard; they also
-appear on the main repository in the right sidebar.
-
-TODO(MR): This document is not complete - all these steps have not been
-integrated yet, this outlines the general plan.