diff --git a/debian/phpgacl.postinst b/debian/phpgacl.postinst
index 4275bb5..c1077b5 100644
--- a/debian/phpgacl.postinst
+++ b/debian/phpgacl.postinst
@@ -82,16 +82,14 @@ esac
 
 # Ensure the config file is readable by root.www-data and mode 640
 # since it stores the database password
-if [ ! -x /usr/sbin/dpkg-statoverride ] || \
-   ! dpkg-statoverride --list $CONF > /dev/null
+if ! dpkg-statoverride --list $CONF > /dev/null
 then
     chown root:www-data $CONF
     chmod 640 $CONF
 fi
 
 # Ensure the templates_c directory needed by smarty is writable by www-data
-if [ ! -x /usr/sbin/dpkg-statoverride ] || \
-   ! dpkg-statoverride --list /usr/share/phpgacl/admin/templates_c > /dev/null
+if ! dpkg-statoverride --list /usr/share/phpgacl/admin/templates_c > /dev/null
 then
     chown root:www-data /usr/share/phpgacl/admin/templates_c
     chmod -R 770 /usr/share/phpgacl/admin/templates_c