diff --git a/srcpkgs/atop/template b/srcpkgs/atop/template
index 376f8369d5117e..55a37a2bb40e2b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/atop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/atop/template
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ checksum=ca48d2f17e071deead5e6e9cc9e388bf6a3270d695e61976b3794d4d927b5c4e
 make_dirs="/var/log/atop 755 root root"
 
 pre_install() {
-	vsed -e '/chown/d' \
-		-e 's/04711/0755/' \
-		-e 's,sbin,bin,g' \
+	vsed -e 's,sbin,bin,g' \
 		-e '/$(DEFPATH)/d' -i Makefile
 	vsed -e 's,bin/sh,bin/bash,' -i atop.daily
 }