diff --git a/mail-filter/postgrey/files/postgrey-1.37.initd b/mail-filter/postgrey/files/postgrey-1.37.initd
index 9395f5281f823..534c0a7e08a04 100644
--- a/mail-filter/postgrey/files/postgrey-1.37.initd
+++ b/mail-filter/postgrey/files/postgrey-1.37.initd
@@ -56,12 +56,6 @@ start() {
 	checkconfig || return 1
 	ebegin "Starting Postgrey"
 
-	# HACK -- start a subshell and corrects perms on the socket...
-	if [ "x${POSTGREY_TYPE}" = "xunix" ]; then
-		rm -f ${POSTGREY_SOCKET}
-		( while ! test -S ${POSTGREY_SOCKET}; do sleep 1; done; chmod a+rw,a-x ${POSTGREY_SOCKET} ) &
-	fi
-
 	if [ -z ${POSTGREY_DELAY} ] ; then
 		POSTGREY_DELAY_ARG=""
 	else