diff --git a/srcpkgs/gitea/INSTALL b/srcpkgs/gitea/INSTALL
index de7380495c1..92e2f390e76 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gitea/INSTALL
+++ b/srcpkgs/gitea/INSTALL
@@ -1,21 +1,13 @@
 case "$ACTION" in
-	pre)
-		if [ "$update" = "yes" ] ; then
-			touch tmp/gitea_permissions
-			chmod --reference=etc/gitea.conf tmp/gitea_permissions
-			chown --reference=etc/gitea.conf tmp/gitea_permissions
+	post)
+		if [ "$UPDATE" = "yes" ] ; then
+			:
+		else
+			# This sets the secret key which would otherwise be
+			# distributed as a static packaged value
+			secret="$(tr -dc '[:alnum:]' < /dev/urandom | head -c32)"
+			sed -i "s!<SECRET_KEY>!$secret!" etc/gitea.conf
 		fi
-    post)
-        if [ "$UPDATE" = "yes" ] ; then
-			chmod --reference=tmp/gitea_permissions etc/gitea.conf
-			chown --reference=tmp/gitea_permissions etc/gitea.conf
-			rm tmp/gitea_permissions
-        else
-            # This sets the secret key which would otherwise be
-            # distributed as a static packaged value
-            secret="$(tr -dc '[:alnum:]' < /dev/urandom | head -c32)"
-            sed -i "s!<SECRET_KEY>!$secret!" etc/gitea.conf
-            chown _gitea:_gitea etc/gitea.conf
-        fi
-        ;;
+		chown _gitea:_gitea etc/gitea.conf
+		;;
 esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gitea/template b/srcpkgs/gitea/template
index 89f1ba80fa0..c58c4699140 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gitea/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gitea/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'gitea'
 pkgname=gitea
 version=1.4.1
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=go
 go_import_path="code.gitea.io/gitea"
 # This could be done with build options, but these are built in with the