diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 277e4f0ff0b742ab9cea43d1d03f5b39d148e04d..49a2df88d5678ad62ffeaf8f3ce487132e7f74b6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ binary-dist::
 	@for i in $(BIN_DIST_TOP); do \
 	  echo cp $$i $(BIN_DIST_TMPDIR)/$(BIN_DIST_NAME); \
 	  cp $$i $(BIN_DIST_TMPDIR)/$(BIN_DIST_NAME); \
-	  chmod 664 $(BIN_DIST_TMPDIR)/$(BIN_DIST_NAME)/`basename $$i`; \
 	done;
 	@echo "hackily rename some of these chaps.."
 	$(MV) $(BIN_DIST_TMPDIR)/$(BIN_DIST_NAME)/Makefile-bin.in $(BIN_DIST_TMPDIR)/$(BIN_DIST_NAME)/Makefile.in