diff --git a/news/inn-current/pkg-plist b/news/inn-current/pkg-plist
index bbb5067528262..5ed494a2428c9 100644
--- a/news/inn-current/pkg-plist
+++ b/news/inn-current/pkg-plist
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 @owner news
 @group news
-@preexec mkdir -p %%NEWSBASE%%
+@dir %%NEWSBASE%%
 %%CWDNEWSBASE%%
 bin/actmerge
 bin/actsync
@@ -404,4 +404,3 @@ man/man8/writelog.8.gz
 @dir %%DBDIR%%
 @dir %%LOGDIR%%/OLD
 @dir %%LOGDIR%%
-@postunexec rmdir %%NEWSBASE%% 2>/dev/null ||( echo "===>  If you don't plan to use inn later, you can safely remove %%NEWSBASE%%. Deinstall process kept these files intact:" | fmt && for i in $(find %D/news -type f); do echo "    - $i"; done)
diff --git a/news/inn/pkg-plist b/news/inn/pkg-plist
index 52753770e4cc2..bb902f275c2d4 100644
--- a/news/inn/pkg-plist
+++ b/news/inn/pkg-plist
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 @owner news
 @group news
-@preexec mkdir -p %%NEWSBASE%%
+@dir %%NEWSBASE%%
 %%CWDNEWSBASE%%
 bin/actmerge
 bin/actsync
@@ -402,4 +402,3 @@ man/man8/writelog.8.gz
 @dir %%DBDIR%%
 @dir %%LOGDIR%%/OLD
 @dir %%LOGDIR%%
-@postunexec rmdir %%NEWSBASE%% 2>/dev/null ||( echo "===>  If you don't plan to use inn later, you can safely remove %%NEWSBASE%%. Deinstall process kept these files intact:" | fmt && for i in $(find %D/news -type f); do echo "    - $i"; done)