diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/code_coverage/reporting/uploadStaticSite.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/code_coverage/reporting/uploadStaticSite.sh
index 3a075b451b0dc..20e85a51c3776 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/code_coverage/reporting/uploadStaticSite.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/code_coverage/reporting/uploadStaticSite.sh
@@ -13,17 +13,19 @@ uploadPrefixWithTimeStamp="${uploadPrefix}${TIME_STAMP}/"
 
 uploadBase() {
   for x in 'src/dev/code_coverage/www/index.html' 'src/dev/code_coverage/www/404.html'; do
-    gsutil -m -q cp -r -a public-read -z js,css,html "${x}" "${uploadPrefix}"
+    gsutil -m -q cp -r -z js,css,html "${x}" "${uploadPrefix}"
     gsutil -m -q cp -r -a public-read -z js,css,html "${x}" "${uploadPrefix_old}"
   done
 }
 
 uploadRest() {
   for x in "${xs[@]}"; do
-    gsutil -m -q cp -r -a public-read -z js,css,html "target/kibana-coverage/${x}-combined" "${uploadPrefixWithTimeStamp}"
+    gsutil -m -q cp -r -z js,css,html "target/kibana-coverage/${x}-combined" "${uploadPrefixWithTimeStamp}"
     gsutil -m -q cp -r -a public-read -z js,css,html "target/kibana-coverage/${x}-combined" "${uploadPrefixWithTimeStamp_old}"
   done
 }
 
+echo "--- Uploading static site"
+
 uploadBase
 uploadRest