diff --git a/components/content-service/pkg/initializer/git.go b/components/content-service/pkg/initializer/git.go
index 34b5a6fe6bebf7..945f02e22275b9 100644
--- a/components/content-service/pkg/initializer/git.go
+++ b/components/content-service/pkg/initializer/git.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func (ws *GitInitializer) Run(ctx context.Context, mappings []archive.IDMapping)
 	}
 
 	gitClone := func() error {
-		if err := os.MkdirAll(ws.Location, 0770); err != nil {
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(ws.Location, 0755); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
diff --git a/components/supervisor/pkg/supervisor/supervisor.go b/components/supervisor/pkg/supervisor/supervisor.go
index 977a87b376b654..20c3092702b24d 100644
--- a/components/supervisor/pkg/supervisor/supervisor.go
+++ b/components/supervisor/pkg/supervisor/supervisor.go
@@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ func startContentInit(ctx context.Context, cfg *Config, wg *sync.WaitGroup, cst
 		// and we want to make sure it is correct 0755, as otherwise it breaks some workflows.
 		// gitpod session itself is set to 0022, which means any folder we create would already have 0755
 		// so this change doesn't expand permissions beyond what is already there
-		repoRoot := os.Getenv("GITPOD_REPO_ROOT")
+		/*repoRoot := os.Getenv("GITPOD_REPO_ROOT")
 		if repoRoot != "" {
 			if _, err := os.Stat(repoRoot); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
 				err = os.Chmod(repoRoot, os.FileMode(0755))
@@ -1309,7 +1309,7 @@ func startContentInit(ctx context.Context, cfg *Config, wg *sync.WaitGroup, cst
 					log.WithError(err).WithField("location", repoRoot).Warn("was not able to execute chmod")
 				}
 			}
-		}
+		}*/
 
 		err = nil
 		return