diff --git a/src/LYBookmark.c b/src/LYBookmark.c
index 2a00a1b..960f56d 100644
--- a/src/LYBookmark.c
+++ b/src/LYBookmark.c
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ void remove_bookmark_link(int cur,
*/
if (stat(filename_buffer, &stat_buf) == 0) {
regular = (S_ISREG(stat_buf.st_mode) && stat_buf.st_nlink == 1);
- mode = ((stat_buf.st_mode & 0777) | 0600); /* make it writable */
+ mode = ((stat_buf.st_mode & HIDE_CHMOD) | 0600); /* make it writable */
(void) chmod(newfile, mode);
if ((nfp = LYReopenTemp(newfile)) == NULL) {
(void) LYCloseInput(fp);