diff --git a/daemon/Makefile.am b/daemon/Makefile.am
index 8e9383307a..66140909d0 100644
--- a/daemon/Makefile.am
+++ b/daemon/Makefile.am
@@ -348,7 +348,6 @@ libvirtd.service: libvirtd.service.in $(top_builddir)/config.status
 	    -e 's|[@]sbindir[@]|$(sbindir)|g'			\
 	    -e 's|[@]sysconfdir[@]|$(sysconfdir)|g'		\
 	    < $< > $@-t &&					\
-	    chmod a+x $@-t &&					\
 	    mv $@-t $@
 
 
diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am
index 58dbfe7b05..37759149e9 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -260,7 +260,6 @@ libvirt-guests.service: libvirt-guests.service.in $(top_builddir)/config.status
 	    -e 's|[@]sysconfdir[@]|$(sysconfdir)|g'		\
 	    -e 's|[@]libexecdir[@]|$(libexecdir)|g'		\
 	    < $< > $@-t &&					\
-	    chmod a+x $@-t &&					\
 	    mv $@-t $@