diff --git a/buildscripts/fixperms.sh b/buildscripts/fixperms.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f39ab4e..0000000
--- a/buildscripts/fixperms.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env sh
-
-SCRIPT_DIR=$(CDPATH= cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && pwd -P)/..
-echo "$SCRIPT_DIR"
-cd "$SCRIPT_DIR" || exit 1
-
-echo "fixing permissions"
-
-find "$SCRIPT_DIR/I2P" -type d -exec sudo chmod -v 755 {} \;
-find "$SCRIPT_DIR/I2P" -type f -exec sudo chmod -v +rw {} \;
-find "$SCRIPT_DIR/I2P" -type d -exec sudo chmod -v 755 {} \;
-find "$SCRIPT_DIR/I2P" -type f -exec sudo chmod -v +rw {} \;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/buildscripts/getprebuilt.sh b/buildscripts/getprebuilt.sh
index 26a0884..3743cad 100755
--- a/buildscripts/getprebuilt.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/getprebuilt.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ fi
 unzip -FF I2P.zip || true
 echo "unzipped prebuilt router"
 sleep 3
-"$SCRIPT_DIR"/buildscripts/fixperms.sh
 
 echo "moved prebuilt router"
 
diff --git a/buildscripts/zip.sh b/buildscripts/zip.sh
index 45a8b38..36919c5 100755
--- a/buildscripts/zip.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/zip.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ fi
 "$SCRIPT_DIR"/buildscripts/clean.sh
 wsl "$SCRIPT_DIR"/buildscripts/clean.sh
 "$SCRIPT_DIR"/buildscripts/build.sh
-"$SCRIPT_DIR"/buildscripts/fixperms.sh
 cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/I2P" || exit 1
 
 TORSOCKS=$(which torsocks)