diff --git a/dist/debian/debian/scylla-server.postrm b/dist/debian/debian/scylla-server.postrm
index 2bb0486703..e6a4536118 100644
--- a/dist/debian/debian/scylla-server.postrm
+++ b/dist/debian/debian/scylla-server.postrm
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ case "$1" in
         if [ "$1" = "purge" ]; then
             rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/scylla-server.service.d/
         fi
-        rm -f /etc/systemd/system/var-lib-systemd-coredump.mount
-        rm -f /etc/systemd/system/var-lib-scylla.mount
         ;;
 esac
 
diff --git a/dist/redhat/scylla.spec b/dist/redhat/scylla.spec
index 863c239e0e..0a89ba5fbd 100644
--- a/dist/redhat/scylla.spec
+++ b/dist/redhat/scylla.spec
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %ghost /etc/systemd/system/scylla-server.service.d/capabilities.conf
 %ghost /etc/systemd/system/scylla-server.service.d/mounts.conf
 /etc/systemd/system/scylla-server.service.d/dependencies.conf
-%ghost /etc/systemd/system/var-lib-systemd-coredump.mount
+%ghost %config /etc/systemd/system/var-lib-systemd-coredump.mount
 %ghost /etc/systemd/system/scylla-cpupower.service
-%ghost /etc/systemd/system/var-lib-scylla.mount
+%ghost %config /etc/systemd/system/var-lib-scylla.mount
 
 %package conf
 Group:          Applications/Databases