diff --git a/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/_internal/apache_util.py b/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/_internal/apache_util.py
index c0e57c3f5..fde812478 100644
--- a/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/_internal/apache_util.py
+++ b/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/_internal/apache_util.py
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ from certbot import util
 
 from certbot.compat import os
 
-# TEMPORARY WORKAROUND
-import os as stdlib_os
-
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -79,19 +76,9 @@ def safe_copy(source, target):
         copied or the target file hash does not match
         with the source file.
     """
-    orig_perms = None
-    try:
-        orig_perms = stdlib_os.stat(target)
-    except OSError:
-        # target file was not found
-        pass
-
     for _ in range(3):
         try:
             shutil.copy2(source, target)
-            if orig_perms:
-                stdlib_os.chown(target, orig_perms.st_uid)
-                stdlib_os.chmod(target, oct(orig_perms.st_mode & 0o777))
         except IOError as e:
             emsg = "Could not copy {} to {}: {}".format(
                 source, target, e