diff --git a/java/maven/maven.conf b/java/maven/maven.conf
index 8e684762e..7251db886 100644
--- a/java/maven/maven.conf
+++ b/java/maven/maven.conf
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ maven_postmake() {
 	# But make sure to preserve any possible links.
 	( cd $builddir/maven-${ver}; tar -c * | tar -x -C $root/$prefix )
 
-	# Unfortunately the acces right need to be changed. The archive
-	# was probably created under Windows.
-	chmod +ux $root/$prefix/bin/mvn
-	chmod -R +ur $root/$prefix
-
 	# Prepare necessary environment variables.
 	cat <<-EOF > $root/etc/profile.d/maven
 	PATH=\$PATH:$root/$prefix/bin
diff --git a/java/maven/maven.desc b/java/maven/maven.desc
index ddc33ad22..db6f02156 100644
--- a/java/maven/maven.desc
+++ b/java/maven/maven.desc
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@
 
 [L] APL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 2.0.6
+[V] 2.0.7
 [P] X -----5---9 800.050
 
-#[D] 0 maven-2.0.3-src.tar.bz2 svn+http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/components/trunk maven-components -r389387
-[D] 585395945 maven-2.0.6-bin.tar.bz2 http://www.eu.apache.org/dist/maven/binaries/
+[D] 1858668950 maven-2.0.7-bin.tar.bz2 http://dl.apache.org/dist/maven/binaries/