diff --git a/backend/scripts/dev_run_background_jobs.py b/backend/scripts/dev_run_background_jobs.py
index a4a253a10..84a92f482 100644
--- a/backend/scripts/dev_run_background_jobs.py
+++ b/backend/scripts/dev_run_background_jobs.py
@@ -122,26 +122,6 @@ def run_jobs(exclude_indexing: bool) -> None:
 
         indexing_thread.start()
         indexing_thread.join()
-    try:
-        update_env = os.environ.copy()
-        update_env["PYTHONPATH"] = "."
-        cmd_perm_sync = ["python", "ee/danswer/background/permission_sync.py"]
-
-        indexing_process = subprocess.Popen(
-            cmd_perm_sync,
-            env=update_env,
-            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-            stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
-            text=True,
-        )
-
-        perm_sync_thread = threading.Thread(
-            target=monitor_process, args=("INDEXING", indexing_process)
-        )
-        perm_sync_thread.start()
-        perm_sync_thread.join()
-    except Exception:
-        pass
 
     worker_primary_thread.join()
     worker_light_thread.join()