diff --git a/usr.sbin/acme-client/parse.y b/usr.sbin/acme-client/parse.y
index fa87dd7..0c02db9 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/acme-client/parse.y
+++ b/usr.sbin/acme-client/parse.y
@@ -1129,8 +1129,8 @@ conf_check_file(char *s)
 		warn("cannot stat %s", s);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	if (st.st_mode & (S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO)) {
-		warnx("%s: group read/writable or world read/writable", s);
+	if (st.st_mode & S_IRWXO) {
+		warnx("%s: world read/writable", s);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	return 1;