--- a/etc/mtree/BSD.include.dist
+++ b/etc/mtree/BSD.include.dist
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Please see the file src/etc/mtree/README before making changes to this file.
 #
 
-/set type=dir uname=root gname=wheel mode=0755
+/set type=dir
 .
     arpa
     ..