diff --git a/Bugzilla/Install/Filesystem.pm b/Bugzilla/Install/Filesystem.pm
index cf61a6e..4ea24b7 100644
--- a/Bugzilla/Install/Filesystem.pm
+++ b/Bugzilla/Install/Filesystem.pm
@@ -158,8 +158,6 @@ sub FILESYSTEM {
         'robots.txt'    => { perms => WS_SERVE },
         '.htaccess'     => { perms => WS_SERVE },
 
-        'contrib/README'       => { perms => OWNER_WRITE },
-        'contrib/*/README'     => { perms => OWNER_WRITE },
         'contrib/Bugzilla.pm'  => { perms => OWNER_WRITE },
         'docs/bugzilla.ent'    => { perms => OWNER_WRITE },
         'docs/makedocs.pl'     => { perms => OWNER_EXECUTE },
@@ -238,16 +236,10 @@ sub FILESYSTEM {
          # Directories only for the owner, not for the webserver.
          '.bzr'                => { files => OWNER_WRITE,
                                     dirs  => DIR_OWNER_WRITE },
-         t                     => { files => OWNER_WRITE,
-                                     dirs => DIR_OWNER_WRITE },
-         xt                    => { files => OWNER_WRITE,
-                                     dirs => DIR_OWNER_WRITE },
          'docs/lib'            => { files => OWNER_WRITE,
                                      dirs => DIR_OWNER_WRITE },
          'docs/*/xml'          => { files => OWNER_WRITE,
                                      dirs => DIR_OWNER_WRITE },
-         'contrib'             => { files => OWNER_EXECUTE,
-                                     dirs => DIR_OWNER_WRITE, },
     );
 
     # --- FILES TO CREATE --- #
@@ -317,12 +309,6 @@ EOT
                                           contents => HT_DEFAULT_DENY },
         "$templatedir/.htaccess"     => { perms    => WS_SERVE,
                                           contents => HT_DEFAULT_DENY },
-        'contrib/.htaccess'          => { perms    => WS_SERVE,
-                                          contents => HT_DEFAULT_DENY },
-        't/.htaccess'                => { perms    => WS_SERVE,
-                                          contents => HT_DEFAULT_DENY },
-        'xt/.htaccess'               => { perms    => WS_SERVE,
-                                          contents => HT_DEFAULT_DENY },
         "$datadir/.htaccess"         => { perms    => WS_SERVE,
                                           contents => HT_DEFAULT_DENY },