diff --git a/zimfw.zsh b/zimfw.zsh
index fe05e46..8251aff 100644
--- a/zimfw.zsh
+++ b/zimfw.zsh
@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@ _zimfw_mv() {
 
 _zimfw_build_init() {
   local -r ztarget=${ZIM_HOME}/init.zsh
-  # Force update of init.zsh if it's older than .zimrc
-  if [[ ${ztarget} -ot ${ZDOTDIR:-${HOME}}/.zimrc ]]; then
-    command mv -f ${ztarget}{,.old} || return 1
-  fi
   _zimfw_mv =(
     print -R "zimfw() { source ${ZIM_HOME}/zimfw.zsh \"\${@}\" }"
     print -R "zmodule() { source ${ZIM_HOME}/zimfw.zsh \"\${@}\" }"
@@ -65,18 +61,16 @@ _zimfw_build_init() {
     if (( ${#_zfunctions} )) print -R 'autoload -Uz -- '${_zfunctions#${~zpre}}
     print -R ${(F)_zcmds#${~zpre}}
   ) ${ztarget}
+  chmod -R u+rX,g+rX,o+rX "${ZIM_HOME}" &>/dev/null
 }
 
 _zimfw_build_login_init() {
   local -r ztarget=${ZIM_HOME}/login_init.zsh
-  # Force update of login_init.zsh if it's older than .zimrc
-  if [[ ${ztarget} -ot ${ZDOTDIR:-${HOME}}/.zimrc ]]; then
-    command mv -f ${ztarget}{,.old} || return 1
-  fi
   _zimfw_mv =(
     print -nR "# Do nothing. This file is deprecated.
 "
   ) ${ztarget}
+  chmod -R u+rX,g+rX,o+rX "${ZIM_HOME}" &>/dev/null
 }
 
 _zimfw_build() {