diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test7.11 b/testsuite/expect/test7.11
index c23789fc6ef5b48470a8ecf3c705ed2769804de5..12dd0400ad4363d75492bb6bb65beb1754f9512f 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test7.11
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test7.11
@@ -125,8 +125,6 @@ if {[file exists $spank_conf_file]} {
 
 	exec $bin_cp $spank_conf_file $orig_spank_conf
 	exec $bin_cp $spank_conf_file $new_spank_conf
-	exec $bin_chmod 700 $spank_conf_file
-	exec $bin_chmod 700 $new_spank_conf
 } else {
 	exec $bin_cp /dev/null $new_spank_conf
 }