diff --git a/platform/mellanox/mlnx-sai/Makefile b/platform/mellanox/mlnx-sai/Makefile
index 55c453e77e..664ec58f11 100644
--- a/platform/mellanox/mlnx-sai/Makefile
+++ b/platform/mellanox/mlnx-sai/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ $(addprefix $(DEST)/, $(MAIN_TARGET)): $(DEST)/% :
 	pushd SAI-Implementation
 	pushd mlnx_sai
 
-	chmod a+x autogen.sh
 	debuild -e 'make_extra_flags="DEFS=-DACS_OS -DCONFIG_SYSLOG"' -us -uc -d -b
 	popd