diff --git a/src/file.cpp b/src/file.cpp
index 5da1632c7..042670c35 100644
--- a/src/file.cpp
+++ b/src/file.cpp
@@ -114,11 +114,6 @@ struct iovec
 #endif
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <winioctl.h>
-#ifndef TORRENT_MINGW
-#include <direct.h> // for _getcwd, _mkdir
-#else
-#include <dirent.h>
-#endif
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #else
 // posix part
diff --git a/src/path.cpp b/src/path.cpp
index 0855055e2..19e15ff2e 100644
--- a/src/path.cpp
+++ b/src/path.cpp
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ namespace {
 			&& GetLastError() != ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS)
 			ec.assign(GetLastError(), system_category());
 #else
-		int ret = ::mkdir(n.c_str(), S_IRWXU | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
+		int ret = ::mkdir(n.c_str(), S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);
 		if (ret < 0 && errno != EEXIST)
 			ec.assign(errno, system_category());
 #endif