diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 758c8ed..cd0157f 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -72,10 +72,8 @@ override_dh_compress:
 
 override_dh_fixperms:
 	dh_fixperms
-	cd debian/base-files && chown root:staff   var/local
 	cd debian/base-files && chmod 755  `find . -type d`
 	cd debian/base-files && chmod 1777 `cat ../1777-dirs`
-	cd debian/base-files && chmod 2775 `cat ../2775-dirs`
 	cd debian/base-files && chmod 700 root
 
 override_dh_installdeb: