diff --git a/packaging/deb/control/postinst b/packaging/deb/control/postinst
index 049061ac2dd..93fa276854c 100755
--- a/packaging/deb/control/postinst
+++ b/packaging/deb/control/postinst
@@ -32,11 +32,12 @@ case "$1" in
   fi
 
   if [ ! -f $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR ]; then
-    mkdir -p $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/dashboards $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/datasources $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/notifiers
+    mkdir -p $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/dashboards $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/datasources
     cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/provisioning/dashboards/sample.yaml $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/dashboards/sample.yaml
     cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/provisioning/datasources/sample.yaml $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/datasources/sample.yaml
-    cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/provisioning/notifiers/sample.yaml $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/notifiers/sample.yaml
-  elif [ ! -f $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/notifiers ]; then
+  fi
+
+  if [ ! -f $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/notifiers ]; then
     mkdir -p $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/notifiers
     cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/provisioning/notifiers/sample.yaml $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/notifiers/sample.yaml
   fi
diff --git a/packaging/rpm/control/postinst b/packaging/rpm/control/postinst
index 0187fc82cc5..fe4429fd0d4 100755
--- a/packaging/rpm/control/postinst
+++ b/packaging/rpm/control/postinst
@@ -46,11 +46,12 @@ if [ $1 -eq 1 ] ; then
   fi
 
   if [ ! -f $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR ]; then
-    mkdir -p $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/dashboards $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/datasources $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/notifiers
+    mkdir -p $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/dashboards $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/datasources
     cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/provisioning/dashboards/sample.yaml $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/dashboards/sample.yaml
     cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/provisioning/datasources/sample.yaml $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/datasources/sample.yaml
-    cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/provisioning/notifiers/sample.yaml $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/notifiers/sample.yaml
-  elif [ ! -f $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/notifiers ]; then
+  fi
+
+  if [ ! -f $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/notifiers ]; then
     mkdir -p $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/notifiers
     cp /usr/share/grafana/conf/provisioning/notifiers/sample.yaml $PROVISIONING_CFG_DIR/notifiers/sample.yaml
   fi