diff --git a/conf/Makefile.am b/conf/Makefile.am
index 6032406f8c32b2f68b832a788e586bac4d44ce0f..3a8c52bde8ba531cbc3213eb0f7db48cdd9c987e 100644
--- a/conf/Makefile.am
+++ b/conf/Makefile.am
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ manager.conf: Makefile manager.conf.in
 		-e 's|[@]templatesdir[@]|$(templatesdir)|' \
 		-e 's|[@]confdir[@]|$(confdir)|' \
 		< $(srcdir)/$@.in > $@
-	chmod +x $@
 
 install-data-local:
 	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(confdir)