diff --git a/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKStoneDirectorySpec.class/instance/createStoneStructure..st b/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKStoneDirectorySpec.class/instance/createStoneStructure..st
index 0e49a567..0a60ac9e 100644
--- a/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKStoneDirectorySpec.class/instance/createStoneStructure..st
+++ b/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKStoneDirectorySpec.class/instance/createStoneStructure..st
@@ -118,5 +118,4 @@ createStoneStructure: stoneSpec
 				nextPutAll: 'set GEMSTONE ' , stoneSpec stoneName;
 				lf;
 				nextPutAll: 'set u ' , userId , ' p ' , password;
-				lf ].
-	self class chmod: (stoneRoot / '.topazini') fullName fileMode: 'u+w,og-rw'
+				lf ]
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diff --git a/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKStoneSpec.class/instance/export.st b/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKStoneSpec.class/instance/export.st
deleted file mode 100644
index f2a93f11..00000000
--- a/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKStoneSpec.class/instance/export.st
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-export
-export
-	"since the password is stored in open text in the registry file, make 
-		sure we've made the file readable by only the user"
-
-	super export.
-	self class chmod: self registryFile fullName fileMode: 'u+w,og-rw'
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