diff --git a/gcp/storage/permissions.go b/gcp/storage/permissions.go
index c63b1e0..6532e81 100644
--- a/gcp/storage/permissions.go
+++ b/gcp/storage/permissions.go
@@ -37,17 +37,11 @@ func (s *Server) needs(method, resource string, r *http.Request) []string {
 			perms = append(perms, more...)
 		}
 	}
-	full := q.Get("projection") == "full"
 	switch method {
 	case "storage.buckets.insert":
 		add(q.Get("enableObjectRetention") == "true", "storage.buckets.enableObjectRetention")
-	case "storage.buckets.list", "storage.buckets.get":
-		add(full, "storage.buckets.getIamPolicy")
 	case "storage.buckets.patch":
 		add(q.Get("predefinedAcl") != "" || q.Get("predefinedDefaultObjectAcl") != "", "storage.buckets.setIamPolicy")
-		add(full, "storage.buckets.getIamPolicy")
-	case "storage.objects.list":
-		add(full, "storage.objects.getIamPolicy")
 	case "storage.objects.insert":
 		add(s.exists(resource), "storage.objects.delete")
 	}
diff --git a/gcp/storage/server.go b/gcp/storage/server.go
index 841d988..cddc27e 100644
--- a/gcp/storage/server.go
+++ b/gcp/storage/server.go
@@ -65,10 +65,12 @@
 // [WithPolicy] grants the caller a set of IAM permissions and refuses a call
 // that needs one it lacks with 403 forbidden, before any fault. A call needs
 // its method's permission, and those its parameters add, as each method's
-// reference lists them: projection=full needs getIamPolicy, a predefined ACL
-// on a patch storage.buckets.setIamPolicy, and an upload that replaces a live
-// object storage.objects.delete. Permissions are not checked against the
-// bucket they act on: a grant covers every bucket.
+// reference lists them: a predefined ACL on a patch needs
+// storage.buckets.setIamPolicy, and an upload that replaces a live object
+// storage.objects.delete. projection=full needs nothing more: Cloud Storage
+// leaves out the ACLs a caller may not read rather than refusing the call,
+// and the official clients ask for it on every get and list. Permissions are
+// not checked against the bucket they act on: a grant covers every bucket.
 //
 // A lost response aborts the handler with [http.ErrAbortHandler] after
 // sending the response header, so the [http.Server] serving it closes the
diff --git a/sdktest/gcp/storage/permissions_test.go b/sdktest/gcp/storage/permissions_test.go
index 042b3b4..79f4576 100644
--- a/sdktest/gcp/storage/permissions_test.go
+++ b/sdktest/gcp/storage/permissions_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,26 @@ import (
 	"github.com/parallelworks/squall/gcp/storage"
 )
 
+// The client asks for projection=full on every get and list; Cloud Storage leaves out the ACLs rather than refusing.
+func TestPolicyLetsAReaderWithoutIamPolicyGetAndList(t *testing.T) {
+	policy := access.Allow("storage.buckets.create", "storage.objects.create", "storage.buckets.get", "storage.objects.list")
+	c := newClient(t, storage.New(storage.WithPolicy(policy)))
+	if err := c.Bucket("data").Create(t.Context(), project, nil); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	write(t, c, "data", "a.txt", "one")
+
+	if _, err := c.Bucket("data").Attrs(t.Context()); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("get bucket: %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := c.Bucket("data").Objects(t.Context(), nil).Next(); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("list objects: %v", err)
+	}
+	if denials := policy.Denials(); len(denials) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("Denials() = %+v, want none", denials)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestPolicyNeedsDeleteToOverwriteAnObject(t *testing.T) {
 	policy := access.Allow("storage.buckets.create", "storage.objects.create", "storage.objects.list")
 	c := newClient(t, storage.New(storage.WithPolicy(policy)))