diff --git a/confluent_server/systemd/confluent.service b/confluent_server/systemd/confluent.service
index 36398175..da0fee7b 100644
--- a/confluent_server/systemd/confluent.service
+++ b/confluent_server/systemd/confluent.service
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Description=Confluent hardware manager
 Type=forking
 #PIDFile=/var/run/confluent/pid
 RuntimeDirectory=confluent
-StateDirectory=confluent
 CacheDirectory=confluent
 LogsDirectory=confluent
 ConfigurationDirectory=confluent