diff --git a/groff.spec b/groff.spec
index d8a2311..a50ef1c 100644
--- a/groff.spec
+++ b/groff.spec
@@ -187,9 +187,6 @@ sed --in-place 's/\.pfa$/.pfa_/' %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}/%{version}/font
 # remove unnecessary files
 rm -f %{buildroot}%{_infodir}/dir
 
-# fix privileges
-chmod 755 %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/groff/%{version}/font/devlj4/generate/special.awk
-
 # remove CreationDate from documentation
 pushd %{buildroot}%{_pkgdocdir}
     find -name "*.html" | xargs sed -i "/^<!-- CreationDate: /d"