diff --git a/filesystems/tahoe-lafs/Makefile b/filesystems/tahoe-lafs/Makefile
index e1b733e6da18..3e9a57c1cd88 100644
--- a/filesystems/tahoe-lafs/Makefile
+++ b/filesystems/tahoe-lafs/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.44 2021/03/18 17:57:08 gdt Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.45 2021/03/18 18:09:18 gdt Exp $
 
 DISTNAME=	tahoe-lafs-1.15.0
 CATEGORIES=	filesystems
@@ -47,17 +47,6 @@ PYTHON_VERSIONS_ACCEPTED=	27 # py-xml via py-nevow, py-zbase32, py-cryptopp, py-
 # installed.  If you get mysterious failures, pkg_delete the installed
 # version.
 
-# OK: 1.9.1, 1.9.2, 1.10a2
-# BAD: 1.10a1
-#BAD_DISTFILE_MODES=yes
-.if defined(BAD_DISTFILE_MODES)
-# Distfile has files mode 600, which leads to root-owned 600 files in
-# the binary package.
-post-extract:
-	${ECHO} "Fixing distfile contents to be world readable:"
-	chmod -R +r ${WRKSRC}
-.endif
-
 REPLACE_PYTHON+=	src/allmydata/storage/shares.py
 
 PKG_GROUPS=		tahoes