diff --git a/package/etc/conf.d/destinations/splunk_hec.conf.tmpl b/package/etc/conf.d/destinations/splunk_hec.conf.tmpl
index eb19250..68320bc 100644
--- a/package/etc/conf.d/destinations/splunk_hec.conf.tmpl
+++ b/package/etc/conf.d/destinations/splunk_hec.conf.tmpl
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ destination d_hec {
             reliable(no)
             {{- end}}
             disk-buf-size({{conv.ToInt64 (math.Round ( math.Div (getenv "SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_DISKBUFF_DISKBUFSIZE" "53687091200") (getenv "SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_WORKERS" "10")))}})
-            dir("/opt/syslog-ng/var/data/disk-buffer/")
              )
          {{- end}}
          tls(peer-verify({{- getenv "SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_TLS_VERIFY" "yes"}})
diff --git a/package/sbin/entrypoint.sh b/package/sbin/entrypoint.sh
index 7f0b376..799b191 100755
--- a/package/sbin/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/package/sbin/entrypoint.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ gomplate $(find . -name *.tmpl | sed -E 's/^(\/.*\/)*(.*)\..*$/--file=\2.tmpl --
 
 mkdir -p /opt/syslog-ng/etc/conf.d/local/context/
 mkdir -p /opt/syslog-ng/etc/conf.d/local/config/
-mkdir -p /opt/syslog-ng/var/data/disk-buffer/
 cp /opt/syslog-ng/etc/context_templates/* /opt/syslog-ng/etc/conf.d/local/context/
 for file in /opt/syslog-ng/etc/conf.d/local/context/*.example ; do cp --verbose -n $file ${file%.example}; done
 cp --verbose -R /opt/syslog-ng/etc/local_config/* /opt/syslog-ng/etc/conf.d/local/config/