diff --git a/pkgs/scripts/deb/postinstall.sh b/pkgs/scripts/deb/postinstall.sh
index d5812f57..b658acac 100644
--- a/pkgs/scripts/deb/postinstall.sh
+++ b/pkgs/scripts/deb/postinstall.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then
     # ensure files and folders have the appropriate permissions
     chown -R sftpgo:sftpgo /etc/sftpgo /var/lib/sftpgo
     chmod 750 /etc/sftpgo /var/lib/sftpgo
-    chmod 640 /etc/sftpgo/sftpgo.json /etc/sftpgo/sftpgo.env
+    chmod 640 /etc/sftpgo/sftpgo.json
 	echo "Please be sure to have the python3-requests package installed if you want to use the REST API CLI"
   fi
 fi
diff --git a/pkgs/scripts/rpm/postinstall b/pkgs/scripts/rpm/postinstall
index 032837cb..d8b90f21 100644
--- a/pkgs/scripts/rpm/postinstall
+++ b/pkgs/scripts/rpm/postinstall
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ if [ $1 -eq 1 ]; then
   # ensure files and folders have the appropriate permissions
   /usr/bin/chown -R sftpgo:sftpgo /etc/sftpgo /var/lib/sftpgo
   /usr/bin/chmod 750 /etc/sftpgo /var/lib/sftpgo
-  /usr/bin/chmod 640 /etc/sftpgo/sftpgo.json /etc/sftpgo/sftpgo.env
+  /usr/bin/chmod 640 /etc/sftpgo/sftpgo.json
   echo "Please be sure to have the python requests library installed if you want to use the REST API CLI"
 fi
 # reload to pick up any changes to systemd files