diff --git a/SQL/0000-00-02-Menus.sql b/SQL/0000-00-02-Menus.sql
index f78a1c68c1c..efdf8c0938d 100644
--- a/SQL/0000-00-02-Menus.sql
+++ b/SQL/0000-00-02-Menus.sql
@@ -211,11 +211,6 @@ INSERT INTO LorisMenuPermissions (MenuID, PermID)
 INSERT INTO LorisMenuPermissions (MenuID, PermID)
     SELECT m.ID, p.PermID FROM permissions p CROSS JOIN LorisMenu m WHERE p.code='issue_tracker_developer' AND m.Label='Issue Tracker';
 
-INSERT INTO LorisMenuPermissions (MenuID, PermID)
-    SELECT m.ID, p.PermID FROM permissions p CROSS JOIN LorisMenu m WHERE p.code='data_release_upload' AND m.Label='Data Release';
-INSERT INTO LorisMenuPermissions (MenuID, PermID)
-    SELECT m.ID, p.PermID FROM permissions p CROSS JOIN LorisMenu m WHERE p.code='data_release_edit_file_access' AND m.Label='Data Release';
-
 INSERT INTO LorisMenuPermissions (MenuID, PermID)
     SELECT m.ID, p.PermID FROM permissions p CROSS JOIN LorisMenu m WHERE p.code='data_team_helper' AND m.Label='Quality Control';
 
diff --git a/SQL/Cleanup_patches/2019-12-05-Remove_lorisMenuPermissions_for_data_release.sql b/SQL/Cleanup_patches/2019-12-05-Remove_lorisMenuPermissions_for_data_release.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dfcad63228b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SQL/Cleanup_patches/2019-12-05-Remove_lorisMenuPermissions_for_data_release.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+DELETE FROM LorisMenuPermissions WHERE PermID=(SELECT PermID FROM permissions WHERE code='data_release_upload');
+DELETE FROM LorisMenuPermissions WHERE PermID=(SELECT PermID FROM permissions WHERE code='data_release_edit_file_access');
+