diff --git a/.changeset/serious-guests-tan.md b/.changeset/serious-guests-tan.md
index e140f8bc1d..c051dca464 100644
--- a/.changeset/serious-guests-tan.md
+++ b/.changeset/serious-guests-tan.md
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 '@backstage/integration-react': patch
 ---
 
-Added scopes `project` and `repository:admin` for Bitbucket Cloud.
+Added scope `project` for Bitbucket Cloud.
diff --git a/packages/integration-react/src/api/ScmAuth.test.ts b/packages/integration-react/src/api/ScmAuth.test.ts
index 30a92a2056..5872354d79 100644
--- a/packages/integration-react/src/api/ScmAuth.test.ts
+++ b/packages/integration-react/src/api/ScmAuth.test.ts
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ describe('ScmAuth', () => {
       }),
     ).resolves.toMatchObject({
       token:
-        'account team pullrequest snippet issue project pullrequest:write snippet:write issue:write repository:admin',
+        'account team pullrequest snippet issue project pullrequest:write snippet:write issue:write',
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/integration-react/src/api/ScmAuth.ts b/packages/integration-react/src/api/ScmAuth.ts
index d943a3fac8..011422d4cf 100644
--- a/packages/integration-react/src/api/ScmAuth.ts
+++ b/packages/integration-react/src/api/ScmAuth.ts
@@ -245,7 +245,6 @@ export class ScmAuth implements ScmAuthApi {
       'pullrequest:write',
       'snippet:write',
       'issue:write',
-      'repository:admin',
     ];
     return new ScmAuth('bitbucket', bitbucketAuthApi, host, {
       default: defaultScopes,