diff --git a/libpkg/pkg_add.c b/libpkg/pkg_add.c
index b64c9481e1..eef2488fea 100644
--- a/libpkg/pkg_add.c
+++ b/libpkg/pkg_add.c
@@ -262,12 +262,12 @@ do_extract(struct archive *a, struct archive_entry *ae, const char *location,
 #ifdef HAVE_CHFLAGS
 			bool old = false;
 			if (aest->st_flags & NOCHANGESFLAGS)
-				chflags(rpath, aest->st_flags & ~NOCHANGESFLAGS);
+				chflags(rpath, 0);
 
 			if (lstat(pathname, &st) != -1) {
 				old = true;
 				if (st.st_flags & NOCHANGESFLAGS)
-					chflags(pathname, aest->st_flags & ~NOCHANGESFLAGS);
+					chflags(pathname, 0);
 			}
 #endif
 
diff --git a/libpkg/pkg_delete.c b/libpkg/pkg_delete.c
index b29f9e13f5..547cec1660 100644
--- a/libpkg/pkg_delete.c
+++ b/libpkg/pkg_delete.c
@@ -198,13 +198,12 @@ rmdir_p(struct pkgdb *db, struct pkg *pkg, char *dir, const char *prefix_r)
 	if (fstatat(pkg->rootfd, dir, &st, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) != -1) {
 		if (st.st_flags & NOCHANGESFLAGS)
 #ifdef HAVE_CHFLAGSAT
-			chflagsat(pkg->rootfd, dir,
-			    st.st_flags & ~NOCHANGESFLAGS,
-			    AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW);
+			/* Disable all flags*/
+			chflagsat(pkg->rootfd, dir, 0, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW);
 #else
 			fd = openat(pkg->rootfd, dir, O_NOFOLLOW);
 			if (fd > 0) {
-				fchflags(fd, st.st_flags & ~NOCHANGESFLAGS);
+				fchflags(fd, 0);
 				close(fd);
 			}
 #endif