diff --git a/screen.changes b/screen.changes
index 429072b..0fac8ac 100644
--- a/screen.changes
+++ b/screen.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Sep  8 13:30:58 UTC 2020 - Matthias Gerstner <matthias.gerstner@suse.com>
+
+- no longer invoke permissions/chkstat for directory handled by
+  systemd-tmpfiles (bsc#1171879)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue May 12 10:15:14 UTC 2020 - trenn@suse.de
 
diff --git a/screen.spec b/screen.spec
index 8daecb3..954dae3 100644
--- a/screen.spec
+++ b/screen.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package screen
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -125,12 +125,8 @@ install -m 644 %{SOURCE4} %{buildroot}/etc/pam.d/screen
 
 %post
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/%{name}.info.gz
-%set_permissions /run/uscreens/
 %tmpfiles_create /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/screen.conf
 
-%verifyscript
-%verify_permissions -e /run/uscreens/
-
 %preun
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/%{name}.info.gz