diff --git a/indigo_api/fixtures/user.json b/indigo_api/fixtures/user.json
index ff60c341e..1c0120f79 100644
--- a/indigo_api/fixtures/user.json
+++ b/indigo_api/fixtures/user.json
@@ -105,8 +105,7 @@
             "last_login": "2012-01-13 00:14:00+00:00",
             "groups": [],
             "user_permissions": [
-                ["view_published_document", "indigo_api", "document"],
-                ["view_taxonomytopic", "indigo_api", "taxonomytopic"]
+                ["view_published_document", "indigo_api", "document"]
             ],
             "password": "pbkdf2_sha256$12000$NkxvaoXfb4p2$A6u0ez3trvm9VyIT606HB5G3NKRLl4znE4ZlsZS5T7U=",
             "date_joined": "2012-01-13 00:14:00+00:00"
diff --git a/indigo_content_api/v2/views.py b/indigo_content_api/v2/views.py
index 5039dd63e..84a330a10 100644
--- a/indigo_content_api/v2/views.py
+++ b/indigo_content_api/v2/views.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from django.http import Http404
 from rest_framework import mixins, viewsets, renderers
 from rest_framework.authentication import SessionAuthentication, TokenAuthentication
-from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticated, BasePermission, DjangoModelPermissions
+from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticated, BasePermission
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from django_filters.rest_framework import DjangoFilterBackend
 from django.db.models import Q
@@ -410,7 +410,6 @@ class TaxonomyTopicView(ContentAPIBase, viewsets.ReadOnlyModelViewSet):
     queryset = TaxonomyTopic.objects.none()
     serializer_class = TaxonomyTopicSerializer
     lookup_field = 'slug'
-    permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated, DjangoModelPermissions]
 
     def get_queryset(self):
         # when listing, just use the top-level public nodes
diff --git a/indigo_content_api/v3/views.py b/indigo_content_api/v3/views.py
index 9481d9704..b0959ba38 100644
--- a/indigo_content_api/v3/views.py
+++ b/indigo_content_api/v3/views.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 from django.http import Http404
 from rest_framework.mixins import ListModelMixin
-from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticated, DjangoModelPermissions
 from rest_framework.viewsets import GenericViewSet
 from rest_framework import mixins, viewsets
 
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ class TaxonomyTopicWorkExpressionsView(ContentAPIBase, ListModelMixin, GenericVi
     """ List of work expressions for a taxonomy topic."""
     filter_backends = PublishedDocumentDetailViewV3.filter_backends
     filterset_fields = PublishedDocumentDetailViewV3.filterset_fields
-    permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated, DjangoModelPermissions]
     taxonomy_topic = None
 
     def get_serializer_class(self):