diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/atlassian/confluence.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/atlassian/confluence.nix
index f896d92fd6fc..b71887fcc6ee 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/atlassian/confluence.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/atlassian/confluence.nix
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ in
         ln -sf ${cfg.home}/{logs,work,temp,server.xml} /run/confluence
         ln -sf ${cfg.home} /run/confluence/home
 
-        chown -R ${cfg.user} ${cfg.home}
+        chown ${cfg.user} ${cfg.home}
 
         sed -e 's,port="8090",port="${toString cfg.listenPort}" address="${cfg.listenAddress}",' \
         '' + (lib.optionalString cfg.proxy.enable ''
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/atlassian/crowd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/atlassian/crowd.nix
index b6cb9f3b7c41..1fb619da93eb 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/atlassian/crowd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/atlassian/crowd.nix
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ in
         mkdir -p /run/atlassian-crowd
         ln -sf ${cfg.home}/{database,work,server.xml} /run/atlassian-crowd
 
-        chown -R ${cfg.user}:${cfg.group} ${cfg.home}
+        chown ${cfg.user}:${cfg.group} ${cfg.home}
 
         sed -e 's,port="8095",port="${toString cfg.listenPort}" address="${cfg.listenAddress}",' \
         '' + (lib.optionalString cfg.proxy.enable ''
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/atlassian/jira.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/atlassian/jira.nix
index f5ec0a5f31b8..dba970c612bc 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/atlassian/jira.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/atlassian/jira.nix
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ in
         ln -sf ${cfg.home}/{logs,work,temp,server.xml} /run/atlassian-jira
         ln -sf ${cfg.home} /run/atlassian-jira/home
 
-        chown -R ${cfg.user} ${cfg.home}
+        chown ${cfg.user} ${cfg.home}
 
         sed -e 's,port="8080",port="${toString cfg.listenPort}" address="${cfg.listenAddress}",' \
         '' + (lib.optionalString cfg.proxy.enable ''