diff --git a/contrib/openrc/meson.build b/contrib/openrc/meson.build
index 2ee9330..5f256e5 100644
--- a/contrib/openrc/meson.build
+++ b/contrib/openrc/meson.build
@@ -13,7 +13,4 @@ if openrc
         openrc_config_data_file,
         install_dir: join_paths(get_option('sysconfdir'), 'init.d')
     )
-
-    permissions = find_program('chmod')
-    meson.add_install_script('permission.sh', join_paths(get_option('sysconfdir'), 'init.d'))
 endif
diff --git a/contrib/openrc/permission.sh b/contrib/openrc/permission.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 9df1e04..0000000
--- a/contrib/openrc/permission.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh -eu
-
-echo "Make OpenRC script executable..."
-chmod 755 "${DESTDIR}${1}/tufmanager"