diff --git a/transmission/start.sh b/transmission/start.sh
index 87c12cdf5..f150d84dc 100755
--- a/transmission/start.sh
+++ b/transmission/start.sh
@@ -39,14 +39,6 @@ echo "Generating transmission settings.json from env variables"
 mkdir -p ${TRANSMISSION_HOME}
 dockerize -template /etc/transmission/settings.tmpl:${TRANSMISSION_HOME}/settings.json
 
-echo "Check transmission settings.json file attributes"
-SETTINGS_PATH=${TRANSMISSION_HOME}/settings.json
-SETTINGS_ATTRIBUTES=$(stat -c %a ${SETTINGS_PATH})
-if [ ${SETTINGS_ATTRIBUTES} = 0 ]; then
-  # Ensure settings.json have non zero attributes (actual for Synology NAS)
-  chmod 640 ${SETTINGS_PATH} && echo "INFO: Attributes of setting.json changed to 640"
-fi
-
 echo "sed'ing True to true"
 sed -i 's/True/true/g' ${TRANSMISSION_HOME}/settings.json