diff --git a/internal/rosa/perl.go b/internal/rosa/perl.go
index 2776dc6f..3800d18b 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/perl.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/perl.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func (t Toolchain) newPerl() (pkg.Artifact, string) {
 
 		ScriptEarly: `
 echo 'print STDOUT "1..0 # Skip broken test\n";' > ext/Pod-Html/t/htmldir3.t
-rm -f /system/bin/ps # perl does not like toybox ps
+chmod +w /system/bin && rm -f /system/bin/ps # perl does not like toybox ps
 `,
 
 		Flag: TEarly,