diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index c7ba0aa..2fc361c 100644
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -9,15 +9,13 @@ case "$1" in
     # Cancel my old stupid use of dpkg-statoverride
     if [ "$1" = "configure" ] && [ "$2" != "" ] &&
           dpkg --compare-versions "$2" le "2.0.3-4" &&
-          [ -x /usr/sbin/dpkg-statoverride ] &&
           dpkg-statoverride --list "$PROG" >/dev/null
     then
         dpkg-statoverride --remove "$PROG"
     fi
 
     # Properly use statoverride
-    if ! [ -x /usr/sbin/dpkg-statoverride ] || \
-        ! dpkg-statoverride --list "$PROG" >/dev/null ; then
+    if ! dpkg-statoverride --list "$PROG" >/dev/null ; then
       chown root:games "$PROG"
       chmod 2755 "$PROG"
     fi