diff --git a/etc/themes/newcomers-presets-theme.el b/etc/themes/newcomers-presets-theme.el
index 4244cdd733e..58e88da5c5f 100644
--- a/etc/themes/newcomers-presets-theme.el
+++ b/etc/themes/newcomers-presets-theme.el
@@ -38,9 +38,7 @@
     (prog-mode-hook . flyspell-prog-mode)
 
     (text-mode-hook . display-line-numbers-mode)
-    (text-mode-hook . flyspell-mode)
-
-    (after-save-hook . executable-make-buffer-file-executable-if-script-p))
+    (text-mode-hook . flyspell-mode))
   "Alist mapping hooks to functions.
 The functions are added to the corresponding hooks when enabling
 `newcomers-presets-mode', and removed when disabling the mode.")