diff --git a/server/file.h b/server/file.h
index e1485e4d5fc..b77cffbb442 100644
--- a/server/file.h
+++ b/server/file.h
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ static inline int async_queued( struct async_queue *queue )
 #define FILE_UNIX_READ_ACCESS (FILE_READ_DATA|FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES|FILE_READ_EA)
 
 /* access rights that require Unix write permission */
-#define FILE_UNIX_WRITE_ACCESS (FILE_WRITE_DATA|FILE_APPEND_DATA|FILE_WRITE_ATTRIBUTES|FILE_WRITE_EA)
+#define FILE_UNIX_WRITE_ACCESS (FILE_WRITE_DATA|FILE_APPEND_DATA)
 
 /* magic file access rights for mappings */
 #define FILE_MAPPING_IMAGE  0x80000000  /* set for SEC_IMAGE mappings */