diff --git a/net-p2p/transmission/transmission-2.33.ebuild b/net-p2p/transmission/transmission-2.33.ebuild
--- a/net-p2p/transmission/transmission-2.33.ebuild
+++ b/net-p2p/transmission/transmission-2.33.ebuild
@@ -133,15 +133,15 @@
 
 	# Keep default permissions on default dirs
 	einfo "Seting owners of /var/{transmission/{,config,downloads},log/transmission}"
-	chown -R transmission:transmission /var/{transmission/{,config,downloads},log/transmission}
+	. "${EROOT}"/etc/conf.d/transmission-daemon
+	runas_user=${runas_user:-transmission}
+	chown -R "${runas_user}":transmission /var/{transmission/{,config,downloads},log/transmission}
 
 	ewarn "If you use transmission-daemon, please, set 'rpc-username' and"
 	ewarn "'rpc-password' (in plain text, transmission-daemon will hash it on"
 	ewarn "start) in settings.json file located at /var/transmission/config or"
 	ewarn "any other appropriate config directory."
-	ewarn
-	ewarn "You must change download location after you change a user daemon"
-	ewarn "starts as, or it'll refuse to start, see bug #349867 for details."
+
 	if use utp; then
 		ewarn
 		ewarn "Since uTP is enabled ${PN} needs large kernel buffers for the UDP socket."