diff --git a/yunohost_app.py b/yunohost_app.py
index dcbabd27..8258da4b 100644
--- a/yunohost_app.py
+++ b/yunohost_app.py
@@ -422,12 +422,11 @@ def app_remove(app):
         raise YunoHostError(22, _("App is not installed"))
 
     app_setting_path = apps_setting_path + app
-    os.system('chown -R admin: '+ app_setting_path +'/scripts')
-    os.system('chmod -R 700 '+ app_setting_path +'/scripts')
+    os.system('chmod -R 777 '+ app_setting_path)
 
     #TODO: display fail messages from script
     if hook_exec(app_setting_path + '/scripts/remove') != 0:
-        pass
+        os.system('chmod -R 700 '+ app_setting_path)
 
     if os.path.exists(app_setting_path): shutil.rmtree(app_setting_path)