diff --git a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
index 296083e85a..c9a1dc0103 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
@@ -161,17 +161,6 @@
 - name: install the fedmsg configuration
   copy: src=fedmsg-genacls-config.py dest=/etc/fedmsg.d/genacls.py owner=root group=root mode=0644
 
-- name: Fix the permission on /etc/gitolite/hooks and /etc/gitolite/hooks/common
-  command: chmod 770 /etc/gitolite/hooks /etc/gitolite/hooks/common
-  tags:
-  - config
-  - distgit
-
-- name: Fix the ownership on /etc/gitolite/hooks and /etc/gitolite/hooks/common
-  command: chown gen-acls:packager /etc/gitolite/hooks /etc/gitolite/hooks/common
-  tags:
-  - config
-  - distgit
 
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