diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bde97673fe5..5c7202cb996 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 - Fixed an issue with deploying multilevel grouped functions containing v2 functions. (#6419)
+- Fixed an issue where functions deployment required a new permission.
diff --git a/src/gcp/storage.ts b/src/gcp/storage.ts
index d74235e2ab0..b50bf83eaa5 100644
--- a/src/gcp/storage.ts
+++ b/src/gcp/storage.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { Readable } from "stream";
 import * as path from "path";
 
-import { firebaseStorageOrigin, storageOrigin } from "../api";
+import { storageOrigin } from "../api";
 import { Client } from "../apiv2";
 import { FirebaseError } from "../error";
 import { logger } from "../logger";
-import { ensure } from "../ensureApiEnabled";
+import { getFirebaseProject } from "../management/projects";
 
 /** Bucket Interface */
 interface BucketResponse {
@@ -133,14 +133,6 @@ interface ListBucketsResponse {
   ];
 }
 
-interface GetDefaultBucketResponse {
-  name: string;
-  location: string;
-  bucket: {
-    name: string;
-  };
-}
-
 /** Response type for obtaining the storage service agent */
 interface StorageServiceAccountResponse {
   email_address: string;
@@ -148,19 +140,15 @@ interface StorageServiceAccountResponse {
 }
 
 export async function getDefaultBucket(projectId: string): Promise<string> {
-  await ensure(projectId, "firebasestorage.googleapis.com", "storage", false);
   try {
-    const localAPIClient = new Client({ urlPrefix: firebaseStorageOrigin, apiVersion: "v1alpha" });
-    const response = await localAPIClient.get<GetDefaultBucketResponse>(
-      `/projects/${projectId}/defaultBucket`
-    );
-    if (!response.body?.bucket.name) {
+    const metadata = await getFirebaseProject(projectId);
+    if (!metadata.resources?.storageBucket) {
       logger.debug("Default storage bucket is undefined.");
       throw new FirebaseError(
         "Your project is being set up. Please wait a minute before deploying again."
       );
     }
-    return response.body.bucket.name.split("/").pop()!;
+    return metadata.resources.storageBucket;
   } catch (err: any) {
     logger.info(
       "\n\nThere was an issue deploying your functions. Verify that your project has a Google App Engine instance setup at https://console.cloud.google.com/appengine and try again. If this issue persists, please contact support."