diff --git a/srcpkgs/s6-man-pages/template b/srcpkgs/s6-man-pages/template
index 2b896efc10..904e591316 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/s6-man-pages/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/s6-man-pages/template
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ homepage="https://github.com/flexibeast/s6-man-pages"
 distfiles="https://github.com/flexibeast/s6-man-pages/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=d706e21711a070327cfb9aefa4cb6a5fad5fce83d4a827e3dad3a6fe41631d04
 
-pre_install() {
-	vmkdir usr/share/man/man7
-	vmkdir usr/share/man/man8
+post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }