diff --git a/srcpkgs/readline/template b/srcpkgs/readline/template
index 16e614da45d..d20dfa0c378 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/readline/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/readline/template
@@ -35,9 +35,4 @@ pre_configure() {
 			msg_normal " Applying patch readline62-$p.\n"
 	done
 	sed -i 's|-Wl,-rpath,$(libdir) ||g' support/shobj-conf
-	sed -i 's,@INSTALL_DATA@,install -m755,' shlib/Makefile.in
-}
-
-post_install() {
-	chmod 755 ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/*.so*
 }