diff --git a/install/src/command.rs b/install/src/command.rs
index ed8d37ff0f3b8e..d7b92c17690bda 100644
--- a/install/src/command.rs
+++ b/install/src/command.rs
@@ -501,7 +501,6 @@ fn add_to_path(new_path: &str) -> bool {
                     fn append_file(dest: &Path, line: &str) -> io::Result<()> {
                         use std::io::Write;
                         let mut dest_file = fs::OpenOptions::new()
-                            .write(true)
                             .append(true)
                             .create(true)
                             .open(dest)?;
diff --git a/logger/src/lib.rs b/logger/src/lib.rs
index 7b9ae30d881053..6cc57e81c531f3 100644
--- a/logger/src/lib.rs
+++ b/logger/src/lib.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ pub fn setup() {
 pub fn setup_file_with_default(logfile: &str, filter: &str) {
     use std::fs::OpenOptions;
     let file = OpenOptions::new()
-        .write(true)
         .create(true)
         .append(true)
         .open(logfile)
diff --git a/validator/src/lib.rs b/validator/src/lib.rs
index 4e7ed43ec78309..e1b9df96b9b03e 100644
--- a/validator/src/lib.rs
+++ b/validator/src/lib.rs
@@ -24,12 +24,7 @@ pub mod dashboard;
 #[cfg(unix)]
 fn redirect_stderr(filename: &str) {
     use std::os::unix::io::AsRawFd;
-    match OpenOptions::new()
-        .write(true)
-        .create(true)
-        .append(true)
-        .open(filename)
-    {
+    match OpenOptions::new().create(true).append(true).open(filename) {
         Ok(file) => unsafe {
             libc::dup2(file.as_raw_fd(), libc::STDERR_FILENO);
         },