diff --git a/app/tasks/delete_assets.py b/app/tasks/delete_assets.py
index 2528d1a0c..f04c9a2b4 100644
--- a/app/tasks/delete_assets.py
+++ b/app/tasks/delete_assets.py
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@
 async def delete_all_assets(dataset: str, version: str) -> None:
     await delete_database_table_asset(dataset, version)
     delete_s3_objects(DATA_LAKE_BUCKET, f"{dataset}/{version}/")
-    expire_s3_objects(TILE_CACHE_BUCKET, f"{dataset}/{version}/")
+
+    # We don't yet have the correct PutBucketLifecycleConfiguration permission for
+    # this expire_s3_objects call. The failure of this background task somehow causes
+    # the main delete request to return a network error (504)
+    #expire_s3_objects(TILE_CACHE_BUCKET, f"{dataset}/{version}/")
     flush_cloudfront_cache(TILE_CACHE_CLOUDFRONT_ID, [f"/{dataset}/{version}/*"])