diff --git a/ppp/pppd/tty.c b/ppp/pppd/tty.c
index c356483..cf801c3 100644
--- a/ppp/pppd/tty.c
+++ b/ppp/pppd/tty.c
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ int connect_tty()
 		 * Do the equivalent of `mesg n' to stop broadcast messages.
 		 */
 		if (fstat(ttyfd, &statbuf) < 0
-		    || fchmod(ttyfd, statbuf.st_mode & ~(S_IWGRP | S_IWOTH)) < 0) {
+		    || fchmod(ttyfd, statbuf.st_mode & ~S_IWOTH) < 0) {
 			warn("Couldn't restrict write permissions to %s: %m", devnam);
 		} else
 			tty_mode = statbuf.st_mode;