diff --git a/git-cvs2git.sh b/git-cvs2git.sh
index 49f9a32..8694c5d 100755
--- a/git-cvs2git.sh
+++ b/git-cvs2git.sh
@@ -603,9 +603,6 @@ else
   git pull $QUIET
 fi 
 
-# Now make sure that the make-archive is executible
-chmod +x $GITFiles/common/make-archive.sh
-
 # Edit the Readme.md - try to add a link to the wiki for this package - only if it is an SME package
 cd $GITFiles/$1
 if [ $DEBUG ] ; then echo "************READMECONTENTS:$READMECONTENTS" ; fi