diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/templates/default-python/classic/script b/acceptance/bundle/templates/default-python/classic/script
index 3029c012d05..a1227e1fb0d 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/templates/default-python/classic/script
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/templates/default-python/classic/script
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ trace $CLI bundle plan -t dev -o json | nostamp > ../../out.plan_after_deploy_de
 $CLI bundle deploy -t prod $(readplanarg ../../out.plan_prod.json) 2>&1 | grep -vE '^Building python_artifact|^Uploading dist'
 print_requests.py --sort '^//import-file/' '^//telemetry-ext' > ../../out.requests.prod.txt
 read_id.py -t prod sample_job > /dev/null
-# Extracted with python, not jq: the id exceeds 2^53 and jq 1.6 rounds it.
-root_dir_id=$(MSYS_NO_PATHCONV=1 $CLI workspace get-status "/Workspace/Users/${CURRENT_USER_NAME}/.bundle/my_default_python/prod" -o json | python3 -c 'import sys, json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)["object_id"])')
-add_repl "$root_dir_id" PROD_ROOT_DIR_ID
 trace $CLI bundle plan -t prod  # check if there is drift
 trace $CLI bundle plan -t prod -o json | nostamp > ../../out.plan_after_deploy_prod.json
 
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/templates/default-python/classic/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/templates/default-python/classic/test.toml
index 68f298aca3d..5252e07b369 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/templates/default-python/classic/test.toml
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/templates/default-python/classic/test.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 Phase = 1
 RecordRequests = true
 EnvMatrix.READPLAN = ["", "1"]
+
+[[Repls]]
+# The prod deploy sets permissions on its root directory, addressed by workspace object id.
+Old = '/permissions/directories/\d+'
+New = '/permissions/directories/[PROD_ROOT_DIR_ID]'