diff --git a/commands/hugo.go b/commands/hugo.go
index 841318685e0..0281c2e9367 100644
--- a/commands/hugo.go
+++ b/commands/hugo.go
@@ -1015,21 +1015,6 @@ func (c *commandeer) handleEvents(watcher *watcher.Batcher,
 			continue
 		}
 
-		// Write and rename operations are often followed by CHMOD.
-		// There may be valid use cases for rebuilding the site on CHMOD,
-		// but that will require more complex logic than this simple conditional.
-		// On OS X this seems to be related to Spotlight, see:
-		// https://github.com/go-fsnotify/fsnotify/issues/15
-		// A workaround is to put your site(s) on the Spotlight exception list,
-		// but that may be a little mysterious for most end users.
-		// So, for now, we skip reload on CHMOD.
-		// We do have to check for WRITE though. On slower laptops a Chmod
-		// could be aggregated with other important events, and we still want
-		// to rebuild on those
-		if ev.Op&(fsnotify.Chmod|fsnotify.Write|fsnotify.Create) == fsnotify.Chmod {
-			continue
-		}
-
 		walkAdder := func(path string, f hugofs.FileMetaInfo, err error) error {
 			if f.IsDir() {
 				c.logger.FEEDBACK.Println("adding created directory to watchlist", path)