diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index b5275ec2c3..7cee1492a6 100755
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ case "$1" in
     chmod -R ug+rwX,o-rwx ${gitlab_repo_path}/
     chmod -R ug-s ${gitlab_repo_path}/
     find ${gitlab_repo_path}/ -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chmod g+s
-    for i in ${gitlab_app_root} ${gitlab_data_dir} ${gitlab_shell_root}; do
+    for i in ${gitlab_data_dir} ${gitlab_shell_root}; do
       chown -R ${gitlab_user}: $i
     done