diff --git a/global-functions.rsc b/global-functions.rsc
index cd18cd6f..83a69335 100644
--- a/global-functions.rsc
+++ b/global-functions.rsc
@@ -1377,20 +1377,20 @@
       :continue;
     }
 
-    :local RequirePolicy ([ $ParseKeyValueStore [ $Grep $SourceNew ("\23 requires policy, ") ] ]->"policy");
-    :if ([ :len $RequirePolicy ] > 0) do={
-      :set ($ScriptVal->"policy") [ :toarray delimiter=";" $RequirePolicy ];
-      $LogPrintOnce debug $0 ("New policy for script '" . $ScriptVal->"name" . "': " . $RequirePolicy);
-    }
-
     $LogPrint info $0 ("Updating script: " . $ScriptVal->"name");
-    /system/script/set owner=($ScriptVal->"name") policy=($ScriptVal->"policy") \
+    /system/script/set owner=($ScriptVal->"name") \
         source=[ $IfThenElse ($ScriptUpdatesCRLF = true) $SourceCRLF $SourceNew ] $Script;
     :if ($ScriptVal->"name" = "global-config" || \
          $ScriptVal->"name" = "global-functions" || \
          $ScriptVal->"name" ~ ("^(global-functions\\.d|mod)/.")) do={
       :set ReloadGlobal true;
     }
+
+    :local RequirePolicy ([ $ParseKeyValueStore [ $Grep $SourceNew ("\23 requires policy, ") ] ]->"policy");
+    :if ([ :len $RequirePolicy ] > 0 && $RequirePolicy != [ :tostr ($ScriptVal->"policy") ]) do={
+      $LogPrintOnce info $0 ("Updating policy for script: " . $ScriptVal->"name");
+      /system/script/set policy=[ :toarray delimiter=";" $RequirePolicy ] $Script;
+    }
   }
 
   :if ($ReloadGlobal = true) do={