diff --git a/srcpkgs/deluge/files/deluged/run b/srcpkgs/deluge/files/deluged/run
index 089f6cbe92d..e7799e65e89 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/deluge/files/deluged/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/deluge/files/deluged/run
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -e
-mkdir -p /var/lib/deluge
-chown deluge:deluge /var/lib/deluge
 exec chpst -u deluge:deluge deluged -d 2>&1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/deluge/template b/srcpkgs/deluge/template
index f5198034486..ae2d81210de 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/deluge/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/deluge/template
@@ -1,22 +1,25 @@
 # Template file for 'deluge'
 pkgname=deluge
 version=1.3.15
-revision=3
+revision=4
 noarch=yes
 build_style=python2-module
 pycompile_module="deluge"
-system_accounts="deluge"
-deluge_homedir="/var/lib/deluge"
 hostmakedepends="intltool python-setuptools"
 depends="python-setuptools python-chardet python-Twisted python-xdg
  libtorrent-rasterbar-python"
 short_desc="Fully-featured cross-platform BitTorrent client"
 maintainer="Alexey Rochev <equeim@gmail.com>"
-homepage="http://deluge-torrent.org/"
-license="GPL-3"
-distfiles="http://download.deluge-torrent.org/source/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://deluge-torrent.org/"
+distfiles="https://download.deluge-torrent.org/source/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=2bd239fc7ec0427302677abb86f927299aed4f043eca5d8a1bab2986b3659666
 
+system_accounts="deluge"
+deluge_homedir="/var/lib/deluge"
+
+make_dirs="/var/lib/deluge 0755 deluge deluge"
+
 post_install() {
 	vsv deluged
 }