diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c743a36..cd11a0e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ Changes in version 1.14.2
   Remove the variable 'rpmbuild_group': it's no more needed. Personal data is
   located in the files ~/.autospec and ~/.autospec.d/*.conf
 
++ update
+  * lib/libcfg.lib - Davide Madrisan:
+  config.security(): do not check for configuration files groups and
+  permissions. These files are now own by root and never contain sensible
+  data (that is passwords).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Changes in version 1.14.1 - _TO*Hacklab release
diff --git a/lib/libcfg.lib.in b/lib/libcfg.lib.in
index 8f2bdaf..e7aa657 100644
--- a/lib/libcfg.lib.in
+++ b/lib/libcfg.lib.in
@@ -61,15 +61,6 @@ function config.security() {
       [ "$(groups 2>/dev/null | grep $packager_group 2>/dev/null)" ] ||
          notify.error $"\
 user \`$(id -nu)' does not belong to group \`$packager_group'"
-
-      # security check for configuration file(s) groups and permissions
-      for f in ${default_cfg[0]}; do
-         cfg_file_mod=(`find $f -printf "%g %m" 2>/dev/null`)
-         [[ ${cfg_file_mod[0]} = $packager_group &&
-            "`expr ${cfg_file_mod[1]} : '.*\(.\)'`" = 0 ]] ||
-         notify.warning $"\
-the file \`$f' should be readable only by the group \`$packager_group'"
-      done
    else
       notify.warning "\`packager_group' "$"unset in the configuration files"
    fi