diff --git a/packaging/arch/PKGBUILD b/packaging/arch/PKGBUILD
index 916ecb6cba1..0df907ed28d 100644
--- a/packaging/arch/PKGBUILD
+++ b/packaging/arch/PKGBUILD
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ package() {
   python2 setup.py install -O1 --root="$pkgdir"
 
   install -Dm644 examples/ansible.cfg $pkgdir/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
-  install -dm755 $pkgdir/etc/ansible/group_vars
-  install -dm755 $pkgdir/etc/ansible/host_vars
 
   install -Dm644 README.md $pkgdir/usr/share/doc/ansible/README.md
   install -Dm644 COPYING $pkgdir/usr/share/doc/ansible/COPYING