diff --git a/doc/update/6.0-to-6.1.md b/doc/update/6.0-to-6.1.md
index b8df16bfd97165e1c5ae77de89e161c360b44d5f..9d67a3bcb966dd1f652fefc530143c050259567b 100644
--- a/doc/update/6.0-to-6.1.md
+++ b/doc/update/6.0-to-6.1.md
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake cache:clear RAILS_ENV=production
 ```bash
 sudo rm /etc/init.d/gitlab
 sudo cp lib/support/init.d/gitlab /etc/init.d/gitlab
-sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/gitlab
 ```
 
 ## 7. Start application
diff --git a/doc/update/6.1-to-6.2.md b/doc/update/6.1-to-6.2.md
index f189899f57b260141fdfced3842016d54aa9a78f..efa6e43124cb96ecbdbe86499d9e826e9edb1666 100644
--- a/doc/update/6.1-to-6.2.md
+++ b/doc/update/6.1-to-6.2.md
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ sudo cp lib/support/logrotate/gitlab /etc/logrotate.d/gitlab
 ```bash
 sudo rm /etc/init.d/gitlab
 sudo cp lib/support/init.d/gitlab /etc/init.d/gitlab
-sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/gitlab
 ```
 
 ## 8. Start application
diff --git a/doc/update/6.2-to-6.3.md b/doc/update/6.2-to-6.3.md
index aa6ef56990b5504f65dacfa0535459d58faf435a..e9b3bdd2f5413a5d53b4e8bcdca0d596423d0234 100644
--- a/doc/update/6.2-to-6.3.md
+++ b/doc/update/6.2-to-6.3.md
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ sudo -u git -H cp config/initializers/rack_attack.rb.example config/initializers
 
 ```bash
 sudo cp lib/support/init.d/gitlab /etc/init.d/gitlab
-sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/gitlab
 ```
 
 ## 7. Start application
diff --git a/doc/update/6.7-to-6.8.md b/doc/update/6.7-to-6.8.md
index b5b47f8930ee8b337f6e3107b4318cd00578121d..16f3439c998b03ecf5a209b0b9d266a59bd631d3 100644
--- a/doc/update/6.7-to-6.8.md
+++ b/doc/update/6.7-to-6.8.md
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake assets:clean assets:precompile cache:clear RAILS
 
 # Update init.d script
 sudo cp lib/support/init.d/gitlab /etc/init.d/gitlab
-sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/gitlab
 
 # Close access to gitlab-satellites for others
 sudo chmod u+rwx,g=rx,o-rwx /home/git/gitlab-satellites
diff --git a/doc/update/6.9-to-7.0.md b/doc/update/6.9-to-7.0.md
index f1d3d9c7b2d326eb8de4f5595c32d6641a6e82a7..bbb3b2617a7fa964fff280c08d2013f24348a011 100644
--- a/doc/update/6.9-to-7.0.md
+++ b/doc/update/6.9-to-7.0.md
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake assets:clean assets:precompile cache:clear RAILS
 
 # Update init.d script
 sudo cp lib/support/init.d/gitlab /etc/init.d/gitlab
-sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/gitlab
 ```
 
 ### 6. Update config files
diff --git a/doc/update/7.0-to-7.1.md b/doc/update/7.0-to-7.1.md
index 166ff0ea136df3f3a050eddf77e8a8cbde41d203..82bb57087348e09a5b8643bfaf7587ce371d12a3 100644
--- a/doc/update/7.0-to-7.1.md
+++ b/doc/update/7.0-to-7.1.md
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake assets:clean assets:precompile cache:clear RAILS
 
 # Update init.d script
 sudo cp lib/support/init.d/gitlab /etc/init.d/gitlab
-sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/gitlab
 ```
 
 ### 6. Update config files
diff --git a/doc/update/7.1-to-7.2.md b/doc/update/7.1-to-7.2.md
index 04b9ce76a14c416d6d878c2a67fc1747be3a96d8..b06f62aeb03d2e5a7491990901b3f02575406b90 100644
--- a/doc/update/7.1-to-7.2.md
+++ b/doc/update/7.1-to-7.2.md
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake assets:clean assets:precompile cache:clear RAILS
 
 # Update init.d script
 sudo cp lib/support/init.d/gitlab /etc/init.d/gitlab
-sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/gitlab
 ```
 
 ### 6. Update config files