diff --git a/kiss b/kiss
index f25c1a9..22aeff4 100755
--- a/kiss
+++ b/kiss
@@ -844,11 +844,7 @@ pkg_install_files() {
 
         # Preserve permissions by using chmod. This runs after
         # chown as chown will reset suid/guid when ownership changes.
-        #
-        # This only runs on non-directories as we desire the reset
-        # behavior mentioned above. This may fail (broken symlinks)
-        # and this is fine.
-        [ -d "$line" ] || chmod "$perms" "$line" 2>/dev/null ||:
+        [ -L "$line" ] || [ -d "$line" ] || chmod "$perms" "$line"
 
         printf '%s %s (%s)\e[J\r' "$3" "$i/$man_tot" "$line"
     done