diff --git a/data/usr/lib/freedombox/setup.d/86_plinth b/data/usr/lib/freedombox/setup.d/86_plinth
deleted file mode 100755
index 5ba1ccde6..000000000
--- a/data/usr/lib/freedombox/setup.d/86_plinth
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# This file is part of Plinth.
-#
-# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
-# published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
-# License, or (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
-# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-
-set -e
-
-# Ensure that DB and log file permissions are correct
-chown -R plinth: /var/lib/plinth /var/log/plinth
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6f1b3e89e..26c08eb39 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -227,8 +227,6 @@ setuptools.setup(
                              'locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/*.[pm]o']},
     data_files=[('/usr/lib/firewalld/services/',
                  glob.glob('data/usr/lib/firewalld/services/*.xml')),
-                ('/usr/lib/freedombox/setup.d/',
-                 ['data/usr/lib/freedombox/setup.d/86_plinth']),
                 ('/etc/apache2/conf-available',
                  glob.glob('data/etc/apache2/conf-available/*.conf')),
                 ('/etc/apache2/sites-available',