diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index 714a976..f90d8ae 100644
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -22,15 +22,13 @@ case "$1" in
     # Cancel my old stupid use of dpkg-statoverride
     if [ "$1" = "configure" ] && [ "$2" != "" ] &&
           dpkg --compare-versions "$2" le "1.102-28" &&
-          [ -x /usr/sbin/dpkg-statoverride ] &&
           dpkg-statoverride --list "$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