diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/databases/postgresql.nix b/nixos/modules/services/databases/postgresql.nix
index eb1ac6bcb30..510e8f17133 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/databases/postgresql.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/databases/postgresql.nix
@@ -339,7 +339,6 @@ in
               ln -sfn "${pkgs.writeText "recovery.conf" cfg.recoveryConfig}" \
                 "${cfg.dataDir}/recovery.conf"
             ''}
-            echo chmod ${dirMode} "${cfg.dataDir}"
             chmod ${dirMode} "${cfg.dataDir}"
 
             exec postgres
diff --git a/nixos/tests/postgresql.nix b/nixos/tests/postgresql.nix
index 433a64e9fab..a787d0f5976 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/postgresql.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/postgresql.nix
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ in
       $machine->succeed("${c1}/bin/switch-to-configuration test >&2");
       $machine->succeed("journalctl -u postgresql | grep -q -i stopped"); # was restarted
       $machine->succeed("echo select 1 | sudo -u postgres psql"); # works after restart
-      $machine->succeed("sudo -u admin ls -la / >&2");
       $machine->succeed("sudo -u admin ls ${dataDir}");
 
       $machine->shutdown;