diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/graphite.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/graphite.nix
index 6b24ac2c7c6..332a04634d0 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/graphite.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/graphite.nix
@@ -488,9 +488,7 @@ in {
             # create index
             ${pkgs.python27Packages.graphite_web}/bin/build-index.sh
 
-            chown graphite:graphite ${cfg.dataDir}
-            chown graphite:graphite ${cfg.dataDir}/whisper
-            chown -R graphite:graphite ${cfg.dataDir}/log
+            chown -R graphite:graphite ${cfg.dataDir}
 
             touch ${dataDir}/db-created
           fi