diff --git a/frontend/src/components/SharedProjectPage/elements.jsx b/frontend/src/components/SharedProjectPage/elements.jsx
index f77a631ec2..cfb2edb4ab 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/SharedProjectPage/elements.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/SharedProjectPage/elements.jsx
@@ -11,14 +11,12 @@ import Readme from '@components/Board/Readme'
 const PageElements = ({
   assetPath,
   repoName,
-  hasUploadPermission,
   hasIBOM,
   kitspaceYAML,
   bomInfo,
   zipUrl,
   readme,
   boardSpecs,
-  previewOnly,
   description,
   projectName,
   projectFullname,
@@ -28,18 +26,6 @@ const PageElements = ({
   readmeExists,
   boardShowcaseAssetsExist,
 }) => {
-  const AssetPlaceholderWithUploadPermissions = ({ asset }) => (
-    <AssetPlaceholder
-      asset={asset}
-      hasUploadPermission={hasUploadPermission}
-      previewOnly={previewOnly}
-    />
-  )
-
-  AssetPlaceholderWithUploadPermissions.propTypes = {
-    asset: string.isRequired,
-  }
-
   return (
     <>
       <InfoBar
@@ -59,7 +45,7 @@ const PageElements = ({
             />
           </>
         ) : (
-          <AssetPlaceholderWithUploadPermissions asset="board" />
+          <AssetPlaceholder asset="board" />
         )}
       </div>
       <div>
@@ -70,7 +56,7 @@ const PageElements = ({
             zipUrl={zipUrl}
           />
         ) : (
-          <AssetPlaceholderWithUploadPermissions asset="gerber files" />
+          <AssetPlaceholder asset="gerber files" />
         )}
         {bomInfoExists ? (
           <BuyParts
@@ -79,29 +65,23 @@ const PageElements = ({
             projectFullName={projectFullname}
           />
         ) : (
-          <AssetPlaceholderWithUploadPermissions asset="bill of materials" />
+          <AssetPlaceholder asset="bill of materials" />
         )}
       </div>
       <div>
         {readmeExists ? (
           <Readme renderedReadme={readme} />
         ) : (
-          <AssetPlaceholderWithUploadPermissions asset="README" />
+          <AssetPlaceholder asset="README" />
         )}
       </div>
     </>
   )
 }
 
-const AssetPlaceholder = ({ asset, hasUploadPermission, previewOnly }) => {
+const AssetPlaceholder = ({ asset }) => {
   let message = `No ${asset} files were found`
 
-  if (hasUploadPermission && previewOnly) {
-    message += ', commit files to the original repo and it will be synced'
-  } else if (hasUploadPermission && !previewOnly) {
-    message += ', upload some'
-  }
-
   return (
     <div
       style={{
@@ -122,13 +102,10 @@ const AssetPlaceholder = ({ asset, hasUploadPermission, previewOnly }) => {
 
 AssetPlaceholder.propTypes = {
   asset: string.isRequired,
-  hasUploadPermission: bool.isRequired,
-  previewOnly: bool.isRequired,
 }
 
 PageElements.propTypes = {
   assetPath: string.isRequired,
-  hasUploadPermission: bool.isRequired,
   hasIBOM: bool.isRequired,
   kitspaceYAML: shape({
     summary: string,
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/SharedProjectPage/index.jsx b/frontend/src/components/SharedProjectPage/index.jsx
index 360f990c63..3902c6d140 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/SharedProjectPage/index.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/SharedProjectPage/index.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 import { useRouter } from 'next/router'
-import { Loader, Message } from 'semantic-ui-react'
+import { Loader } from 'semantic-ui-react'
 
 import Page from '@components/Page'
 import { useMigrationStatus } from '@hooks/Gitea'
@@ -73,16 +73,6 @@ const SharedProjectPage = props => {
 
   return (
     <Page title={title}>
-      {props.isSynced && props.hasUploadPermission ? (
-        <Message color="yellow" data-cy="sync-msg">
-          <Message.Header>A synced repository!</Message.Header>
-          <Message.Content>
-            <p>Files uploading isn&apos;t supported for synced repositories.</p>
-            Please commit files to the original git repository and it will be synced
-            automatically.
-          </Message.Content>
-        </Message>
-      ) : null}
       <PageElements
         {...props}
         assetPath={`${props.rootAssetPath}/${props.projectName}`}
@@ -104,7 +94,6 @@ SharedProjectPage.propTypes = {
   isEmpty: bool.isRequired,
   finishedProcessing: bool.isRequired,
   isSynced: bool.isRequired,
-  hasUploadPermission: bool.isRequired,
 }
 
 export default SharedProjectPage
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/[user]/[repo]/[project]/index.jsx b/frontend/src/pages/[user]/[repo]/[project]/index.jsx
index 1c3d8cbf06..4dd09375ec 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/[user]/[repo]/[project]/index.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/[user]/[repo]/[project]/index.jsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react'
 import { bool } from 'prop-types'
 import getConfig from 'next/config'
 
-import { canCommit, getRepo, repoExists } from '@utils/giteaApi'
+import { getRepo, repoExists } from '@utils/giteaApi'
 import {
   getBoardBomInfo,
   getBoardGerberInfo,
@@ -19,14 +19,13 @@ const assetUrl = getConfig().publicRuntimeConfig.KITSPACE_ASSET_URL
 const MultiProjectPage = props =>
   props.notFound ? <Custom404 /> : <SharedProjectPage {...props} />
 
-MultiProjectPage.getInitialProps = async ({ query, req = null, res = null }) => {
+MultiProjectPage.getInitialProps = async ({ query, res = null }) => {
   const { user: username, repo: repoName, project: projectName } = query
 
   const repoFullName = `${username}/${repoName}`
 
   const rootAssetPath = `${assetUrl}/files/${repoFullName}/HEAD`
   const assetPath = `${rootAssetPath}/${projectName}`
-  const session = req?.session ?? JSON.parse(sessionStorage.getItem('session'))
 
   const exists = await repoExists(repoFullName)
   if (exists) {
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ MultiProjectPage.getInitialProps = async ({ query, req = null, res = null }) =>
       [kitspaceYAMLExists, kitspaceYamlArray],
       finishedProcessing,
       hasIBOM,
-      hasUploadPermission,
     ] = await Promise.all([
       getRepo(repoFullName),
       getReadme(assetPath),
@@ -47,8 +45,6 @@ MultiProjectPage.getInitialProps = async ({ query, req = null, res = null }) =>
       getKitspaceYamlArray(rootAssetPath),
       getIsProcessingDone(rootAssetPath),
       hasInteractiveBom(assetPath),
-      // The repo owner and collaborators can upload files.
-      canCommit(repoFullName, session.user?.username, session.apiToken),
     ])
 
     const kitspaceYAML = kitspaceYamlArray.find(p => p.name === projectName)
@@ -68,7 +64,6 @@ MultiProjectPage.getInitialProps = async ({ query, req = null, res = null }) =>
       rootAssetPath,
       repo,
       projectFullname: repoFullName,
-      hasUploadPermission,
       hasIBOM,
       kitspaceYAML,
       zipUrl,
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/_app.jsx b/frontend/src/pages/_app.jsx
index 40ce215b64..a17f305649 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/_app.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/_app.jsx
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import 'semantic-ui-css/components/dimmer.min.css'
 import 'semantic-ui-css/components/table.min.css'
 import 'semantic-ui-css/components/progress.min.css'
 
-import AuthProvider from '@contexts/AuthContext'
 import './_app.scss'
 
 if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
     }
 }
 
-function KitspaceApp({ Component, pageProps, session, isStaticFallback }) {
+function KitspaceApp({ Component, pageProps, isStaticFallback }) {
   const setStaticFallback = isStaticFallback ? (
     <script
       // using dangerouslySetInnerHTML to avoid browser parsing errors
@@ -57,11 +56,11 @@ function KitspaceApp({ Component, pageProps, session, isStaticFallback }) {
     isStaticFallback = isStaticFallback || window.isStaticFallback
   }
   return (
-    <AuthProvider initialSession={session}>
+    <>
       <Head>{setStaticFallback}</Head>
       <Component {...pageProps} />
       {isStaticFallback ? <ErrorMessage /> : null}
-    </AuthProvider>
+    </>
   )
 }
 
@@ -69,13 +68,9 @@ KitspaceApp.getInitialProps = async appContext => {
   const appProps = await App.getInitialProps(appContext)
 
   const { isStaticFallback } = appContext.ctx.query
-  const session =
-    appContext.ctx?.req?.session ??
-    JSON.parse(window?.sessionStorage.getItem('session'))
 
   return {
     ...appProps,
-    session,
     isStaticFallback,
   }
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/giteaApi.js b/frontend/src/utils/giteaApi.js
index a49c74862a..0c1d3fb42f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/giteaApi.js
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/giteaApi.js
@@ -48,47 +48,3 @@ export const userExists = async username => {
 
   return res.ok
 }
-
-/**
- * Check if a user is a collaborator in a Gitea repo.
- * @param {string} repo
- * @param {string} username
- * @param apiToken {string}
- * @returns {Promise<boolean>}
- */
-const isCollaborator = async (repo, username, apiToken) => {
-  if (username == null) {
-    return false
-  }
-
-  const endpoint = `${giteaApiUrl}/repos/${repo}/collaborators`
-
-  const res = await fetch(endpoint, {
-    method: 'GET',
-    mode,
-    credentials,
-    headers: {
-      ...headers,
-      Authorization: `auth ${apiToken}`,
-    },
-  })
-
-  if (res.ok) {
-    const collaborators = await res.json()
-    return collaborators.find(x => x.login === username) != null
-  }
-
-  return false
-}
-
-/**
- * Check if a user can commit to a Gitea repo.
- * @param {string} repo
- * @param {string} username
- * @param apiToken {string}
- * @returns
- */
-export const canCommit = async (repo, username, apiToken) => {
-  const repoOwner = repo.split('/')[0]
-  return repoOwner === username || isCollaborator(repo, username, apiToken)
-}