diff --git a/mkosi.images/build/mkosi.conf.d/centos-fedora/mkosi.build.chroot b/mkosi.images/build/mkosi.conf.d/centos-fedora/mkosi.build.chroot
index 7c744ca1abd..fa2672d2a28 100755
--- a/mkosi.images/build/mkosi.conf.d/centos-fedora/mkosi.build.chroot
+++ b/mkosi.images/build/mkosi.conf.d/centos-fedora/mkosi.build.chroot
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ CXX_LD="$( ((LLVM)) && echo lld)" \
     --define "__script_requires %{nil}" \
     --define "_find_debuginfo_opts --unique-debug-src-base \"%{name}\"" \
     --define "_find_debuginfo_dwz_opts %{nil}" \
-    --define "_fixperms true" \
     --undefine _package_note_flags \
     --noclean \
     "pkg/$PKG_SUBDIR/systemd.spec"
diff --git a/mkosi.images/build/mkosi.conf.d/opensuse/mkosi.build.chroot b/mkosi.images/build/mkosi.conf.d/opensuse/mkosi.build.chroot
index b127e9d01ae..0a5b47b0315 100755
--- a/mkosi.images/build/mkosi.conf.d/opensuse/mkosi.build.chroot
+++ b/mkosi.images/build/mkosi.conf.d/opensuse/mkosi.build.chroot
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ build() {
         --define "__script_requires %{nil}" \
         --define "_find_debuginfo_dwz_opts %{nil}" \
         --define "_find_debuginfo_opts --unique-debug-src-base \"%{name}\"" \
-        --define "_fixperms true" \
         --noclean \
         "$@" \
         "pkg/$PKG_SUBDIR/systemd.spec"