diff --git a/tools/sanitize-deb.sh b/tools/sanitize-deb.sh
index e1c523fb8..6ad2b6743 100755
--- a/tools/sanitize-deb.sh
+++ b/tools/sanitize-deb.sh
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
     sed -i~ "s/,$//g" deb-temp/DEBIAN/control
     sed -i~ "/^[^:]*: $/d" deb-temp/DEBIAN/control
     rm deb-temp/DEBIAN/control~
-    chown -R 0:0 deb-temp
-    chmod 600 deb-temp/DEBIAN/md5sums
+    chown -R root:root deb-temp
     dpkg-deb -b deb-temp $DEB
     rm -rf deb-temp
     shift