Google Play rejects my RN app because of location

I've been facing an issue for a few days now. Everytime I submit my release to Google Play Store, I get a message saying my app has been rejected over and over again. I tried multiple things.

First I tried removing the permissions from my AndroidManifest.xml

    <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" package="com.lachariottenative">
 <uses-permission tools:node="remove" android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/>
  <uses-permission tools:node="remove" android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>
  <uses-permission tools:node="remove" android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION"/>
</manifest>

Then I tried editing my app.json file and set permissions to an empty array but each time I get the same error when uploading my app to the Google Play Store. It says that I'm using background location although I am not.

Can you help please? Thanks in advance

EDIT : I do not wish to use location in my app for the moment. But somehow it still asks for permissions...