diff --git a/.etckeeper b/.etckeeper
index c65f81e5..038ef16e 100755
--- a/.etckeeper
+++ b/.etckeeper
@@ -8916,9 +8916,6 @@ maybe chmod 0664 'pihole/pihole-FTL.conf'
 maybe chown 'pihole' 'pihole/pihole-FTL.db'
 maybe chgrp 'pihole' 'pihole/pihole-FTL.db'
 maybe chmod 0644 'pihole/pihole-FTL.db'
-maybe chown 'pihole' 'pihole/pihole-FTL.db-journal'
-maybe chgrp 'pihole' 'pihole/pihole-FTL.db-journal'
-maybe chmod 0644 'pihole/pihole-FTL.db-journal'
 maybe chown 'pihole' 'pihole/regex.list'
 maybe chgrp 'www-data' 'pihole/regex.list'
 maybe chmod 0664 'pihole/regex.list'