diff --git a/platform/mellanox/mlnx-sai/Makefile b/platform/mellanox/mlnx-sai/Makefile
index 6731bd8368..ecfba91fd7 100644
--- a/platform/mellanox/mlnx-sai/Makefile
+++ b/platform/mellanox/mlnx-sai/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ $(addprefix $(DEST)/, $(MAIN_TARGET)): $(DEST)/% :
 	wget -c $(MLNX_SAI_SOURCE_BASE_URL)/$(MLNX_SAI_VERSION).tar.gz -O - | tar -xz
 	pushd mlnx_sai
 
-	chmod a+x autogen.sh
 	debuild -e 'make_extra_flags="DEFS=-DACS_OS -DCONFIG_SYSLOG"' -us -uc -d -b
 	popd