diff --git a/mk/uploads.mk b/mk/uploads.mk
index 07808aec4f..fff615efd2 100644
--- a/mk/uploads.mk
+++ b/mk/uploads.mk
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 #
 # Copyright 2024 the Pacemaker project contributors
 #
 # The version control history for this file may have further details.
 #
 # This source code is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2
 # or later (GPLv2+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
 #
 
 # Variables useful for uploading files to a server
 
 # toplevel rsync destination (without trailing slash)
 RSYNC_DEST      ?= sites.clusterlabs.org:/var/www/html
 
 RSYNC_PACKAGE_DEST	= $(RSYNC_DEST)/projects/$(PACKAGE)
 
-# recursive, preserve symlinks, preserve permissions, verbose, compress,
-# don't cross filesystems, sparse, show progress
-RSYNC_OPTS      = -rlpvzxS --progress
+# recursive, preserve symlinks, verbose, compress, don't cross filesystems,
+# sparse, show progress
+RSYNC_OPTS      = -rlvzxS --progress