diff --git a/configtest.py b/configtest.py
index 57945a7..5eb5c91 100644
--- a/configtest.py
+++ b/configtest.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ defaults = {
     "ROOTURL": "https://img.bbaovanc.com/",
     "SAVELOG": "savelog.log",
     "SAVELOG_CHMOD": "0o644",
-    "UPLOADKEYS_CHMOD": "0o400",
     "SAVELOG_KEYPREFIX": 4,
     "ENCKEY_PATH": "secret.key"
 }
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ deftypes = {
     "ROOTURL": str,
     "SAVELOG": str,
     "SAVELOG_CHMOD": int,
-    "UPLOADKEYS_CHMOD": int,
     "SAVELOG_KEYPREFIX": int,
     "ENCKEY_PATH": str,
 }
diff --git a/imgupload.py b/imgupload.py
index 7b4cbe1..03fdd81 100644
--- a/imgupload.py
+++ b/imgupload.py
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ def upload():
     if request.method == "POST":  # sanity check: make sure it's a POST request
         print("Request method was POST!")
 
-        os.chmod("uploadkeys", settings.UPLOADKEYS_CHMOD)
         with open(settings.ENCKEY_PATH,"rb") as enckey: # load encryption key
             key = enckey.read()
         f = Fernet(key)
diff --git a/settings.py.default b/settings.py.default
index 08f0789..460efcf 100644
--- a/settings.py.default
+++ b/settings.py.default
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@ ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS = [".png", ".jpg", ".jpeg", ".svg", ".bmp", ".gif", ".ico",
 ROOTURL = "https://example.com/"
 SAVELOG = "savelog.log"
 SAVELOG_CHMOD = 0o644
-UPLOADKEYS_CHMOD = 0o600
 SAVELOG_KEYPREFIX = 4
 ENCKEY_PATH = "secret.key"