Permission was tagged at to replace another declaration but no other declaration present

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When I build my app I get an error when building gradle. Note that I do not have this permission set on my AndroidManifest.xml. How can I resolve this issue?

AndroidManifest.xml:4:2-98 Warning:
uses-permission#android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE was tagged at AndroidManifest.xml:4 to replace another declaration but no other declaration present

Android Manifest:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" package="com.unity3d.player" android:installLocation="preferExternal" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<supports-screens android:smallScreens="true" android:normalScreens="true" android:largeScreens="true" android:xlargeScreens="true" android:anyDensity="true" />
<application android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen" android:icon="@drawable/app_icon" android:label=" @anon_76954444 /app_name" android:debuggable="false">
<activity android:name="com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayerActivity" android:label=" @anon_76954444 /app_name" android:exported="true">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data android:name="unityplayer.UnityActivity" android:value="true" />
</activity>
<activity android:name="com.facebook.unity.FBUnityLoginActivity" android:configChanges="fontScale|keyboard|keyboardHidden|locale|mnc|mcc|navigation|orientation|screenLayout|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|uiMode|touchscreen" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen" />
<activity android:name="com.facebook.unity.FBUnityDialogsActivity" android:configChanges="fontScale|keyboard|keyboardHidden|locale|mnc|mcc|navigation|orientation|screenLayout|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|uiMode|touchscreen" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen" />
<activity android:name="com.facebook.unity.FBUnityGamingServicesFriendFinderActivity" android:configChanges="fontScale|keyboard|keyboardHidden|locale|mnc|mcc|navigation|orientation|screenLayout|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|uiMode|touchscreen" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen" />
<activity android:name="com.facebook.unity.FBUnityAppLinkActivity" android:exported="true" />
<activity android:name="com.facebook.unity.FBUnityDeepLinkingActivity" android:exported="true" />
<activity android:name="com.facebook.unity.FBUnityGameRequestActivity" />
<activity android:name="com.facebook.unity.FBUnityCreateGameGroupActivity" />
<activity android:name="com.facebook.unity.FBUnityJoinGameGroupActivity" />
<meta-data android:name="com.facebook.sdk.ApplicationId" android:value="fb..." />
<meta-data android:name="com.facebook.sdk.AutoLogAppEventsEnabled" android:value="false" />
<meta-data android:name="com.facebook.sdk.AdvertiserIDCollectionEnabled" android:value="false" />
<provider android:name="com.facebook.FacebookContentProvider" android:authorities="com.facebook.app.FacebookContentProvider..." android:exported="true" />
<meta-data android:name="com.facebook.sdk.ClientToken" android:value="..." />
</application>
</manifest>
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It looks like a warning, not error.
Your project must have multiple manifests (some may be coming from plugins) that are merged together. Looks like one of them is expecting external storage permission to be present in other one, which is not the case in reality. Unity can add that permission to manifest, there is a player setting for it. Of course, if you want that permission for your app.

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