diff --git a/src/modules/auth/auth.service.ts b/src/modules/auth/auth.service.ts
index a7d9868..c82aeef 100644
--- a/src/modules/auth/auth.service.ts
+++ b/src/modules/auth/auth.service.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import { BulkEditResponse, UserDTO } from './dtos/login';
 import jwt, { JwtPayload } from 'jsonwebtoken';
 import { PackTheMetadata } from 'src/utils/PackTheMetadata';
 import { Request, Response } from 'express';
-import { translateSeqidsToClaims } from './permission-claims';
 
 type AuthSession = {
   accessToken?: string;
@@ -448,7 +447,9 @@ export class AuthClientService implements OnModuleInit {
         name: payload.customer_name,
         tier: payload.customer_tier,
       },
-      permissions: translateSeqidsToClaims(payload.permissions),
+      // Raw permission seqids from the JWT. Consumers own the seqid->meaning
+      // mapping (e.g. Orchest's auth-server); Maestro reports them as-is.
+      permissions: payload.permissions ?? [],
     };
 
     return userDto;
diff --git a/src/modules/auth/dtos/login.ts b/src/modules/auth/dtos/login.ts
index 3317904..1ea22f0 100644
--- a/src/modules/auth/dtos/login.ts
+++ b/src/modules/auth/dtos/login.ts
@@ -153,5 +153,5 @@ export type UserDTO = {
     name: string,
     tier: string,
   },
-  permissions: string[],
+  permissions: number[],
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/auth/permission-claims.spec.ts b/src/modules/auth/permission-claims.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c528c5b..0000000
--- a/src/modules/auth/permission-claims.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-import { translateSeqidsToClaims } from './permission-claims';
-
-// The JWT permissions claim carries numeric seqids at runtime
-// (34 = users:admin, 31 = intelligence:open, 43 = process:open), so
-// fixtures here use numeric seqid arrays.
-describe('translateSeqidsToClaims', () => {
-  it('translates a single seqid to its claim string', () => {
-    expect(translateSeqidsToClaims([31])).toEqual(['intelligence:open']);
-  });
-
-  it('translates multiple seqids, preserving order', () => {
-    expect(translateSeqidsToClaims([34, 31, 43])).toEqual([
-      'users:admin',
-      'intelligence:open',
-      'process:open',
-    ]);
-  });
-
-  it('drops unknown seqids not present in the catalog', () => {
-    expect(translateSeqidsToClaims([34, 999999])).toEqual(['users:admin']);
-  });
-
-  it('returns an empty array for undefined permissions', () => {
-    expect(translateSeqidsToClaims(undefined)).toEqual([]);
-  });
-
-  it('returns an empty array for empty permissions', () => {
-    expect(translateSeqidsToClaims([])).toEqual([]);
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/modules/auth/permission-claims.ts b/src/modules/auth/permission-claims.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 470631e..0000000
--- a/src/modules/auth/permission-claims.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-import { PERMISSIONS_GROUPS } from 'src/authentication/permissions.enum';
-
-// The JWT `permissions` claim is an array of numeric seqids (not claim
-// strings) — see src/authentication/authentication.guard.ts and
-// src/decorators/authentication.decorator.ts. This module translates those
-// seqids into their human-readable claim strings so /auth/me can expose a
-// self-describing `permissions` array; consumers derive whatever meaning
-// they need (roles, module access, groups) from the claim vocabulary.
-//
-// Full seqid -> claim catalog, built once from every group/permission in
-// PERMISSIONS_GROUPS. Generic: no consumer-specific knowledge lives here.
-const SEQID_TO_CLAIM: Record<number, string> = Object.values(
-  PERMISSIONS_GROUPS,
-).reduce((catalog, group) => {
-  for (const permission of Object.values(group.permissions)) {
-    catalog[permission.seqid] = permission.claim;
-  }
-  return catalog;
-}, {} as Record<number, string>);
-
-// Translate the JWT's numeric permission seqids into claim strings.
-// Unknown seqids (not present in the catalog) are dropped.
-export function translateSeqidsToClaims(
-  permissions: number[] | undefined,
-): string[] {
-  return (permissions ?? [])
-    .filter((seqid) => seqid in SEQID_TO_CLAIM)
-    .map((seqid) => SEQID_TO_CLAIM[seqid]);
-}