diff --git a/data/etc/plinth/plinth.config b/data/etc/plinth/plinth.config
index 86d7766f4..bb553e870 100644
--- a/data/etc/plinth/plinth.config
+++ b/data/etc/plinth/plinth.config
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 file_root = /usr/share/plinth
 config_dir = /etc/plinth
 data_dir = /var/lib/plinth
-log_dir = /var/log/plinth
 server_dir = /plinth
 actions_dir = /usr/share/plinth/actions
 doc_dir = /usr/share/doc/plinth
@@ -11,8 +10,6 @@ custom_static_dir = /var/www/plinth/custom/static
 
 # file locations
 store_file = %(data_dir)s/plinth.sqlite3
-status_log_file = %(log_dir)s/status.log
-access_log_file = %(log_dir)s/access.log
 
 [Network]
 host = 127.0.0.1
diff --git a/data/var/log/plinth/.gitkeep b/data/var/log/plinth/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index 4683d31f0..befcb3cb2 100755
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ case "$1" in
     configure)
         addgroup --system --quiet plinth
         adduser --system --quiet --ingroup plinth --no-create-home --home /var/lib/plinth plinth
-        chown -R plinth: /var/lib/plinth /var/log/plinth
+        chown -R plinth: /var/lib/plinth
 
         if [ ! -e '/var/lib/freedombox/is-freedombox-disk-image' ]; then
             umask 377
diff --git a/debian/postrm b/debian/postrm
index 755b5c2ee..01686de51 100755
--- a/debian/postrm
+++ b/debian/postrm
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ set -e
 case "$1" in
 purge)
 	deluser --system --quiet plinth || true
-	rm -rf /var/log/plinth /var/lib/plinth
+	rm -rf /var/lib/plinth
+
+	# Remove legacy directory too
+	rm -rf /var/log/plinth
 	;;
 esac
 
diff --git a/plinth.config b/plinth.config
index e428bd3f6..3b7c89ba3 100644
--- a/plinth.config
+++ b/plinth.config
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 file_root = %(root)s
 config_dir = %(file_root)s/data/etc/plinth
 data_dir = %(file_root)s/data/var/lib/plinth
-log_dir = %(file_root)s/data/var/log/plinth
 server_dir = /plinth
 actions_dir = %(file_root)s/actions
 doc_dir = %(file_root)s/doc
@@ -11,8 +10,6 @@ custom_static_dir = %(file_root)s/data/var/www/plinth/custom/static
 
 # file locations
 store_file = %(data_dir)s/plinth.sqlite3
-status_log_file = %(log_dir)s/status.log
-access_log_file = %(log_dir)s/access.log
 
 [Network]
 host = 127.0.0.1
diff --git a/plinth/cfg.py b/plinth/cfg.py
index 38f47918b..86155db6d 100644
--- a/plinth/cfg.py
+++ b/plinth/cfg.py
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ custom_static_dir = None
 store_file = None
 actions_dir = None
 doc_dir = None
-status_log_file = None
-access_log_file = None
 host = None
 port = None
 use_x_forwarded_host = False
@@ -96,8 +94,6 @@ def read(config_path=None, root_directory=None):
         ('Path', 'store_file', 'string'),
         ('Path', 'actions_dir', 'string'),
         ('Path', 'doc_dir', 'string'),
-        ('Path', 'status_log_file', 'string'),
-        ('Path', 'access_log_file', 'string'),
         ('Path', 'server_dir', 'string'),
         ('Network', 'host', 'string'),
         ('Network', 'port', 'int'),
diff --git a/plinth/tests/data/etc/plinth/plinth.config b/plinth/tests/data/etc/plinth/plinth.config
index e428bd3f6..3b7c89ba3 100644
--- a/plinth/tests/data/etc/plinth/plinth.config
+++ b/plinth/tests/data/etc/plinth/plinth.config
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 file_root = %(root)s
 config_dir = %(file_root)s/data/etc/plinth
 data_dir = %(file_root)s/data/var/lib/plinth
-log_dir = %(file_root)s/data/var/log/plinth
 server_dir = /plinth
 actions_dir = %(file_root)s/actions
 doc_dir = %(file_root)s/doc
@@ -11,8 +10,6 @@ custom_static_dir = %(file_root)s/data/var/www/plinth/custom/static
 
 # file locations
 store_file = %(data_dir)s/plinth.sqlite3
-status_log_file = %(log_dir)s/status.log
-access_log_file = %(log_dir)s/access.log
 
 [Network]
 host = 127.0.0.1
diff --git a/plinth/tests/test_cfg.py b/plinth/tests/test_cfg.py
index 4ac85db3a..41df6a90c 100644
--- a/plinth/tests/test_cfg.py
+++ b/plinth/tests/test_cfg.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class TestCfg(unittest.TestCase):
         """Compare two sets of configuration values."""
         # Note that the count of items within each section includes the number
         # of default items (1, for 'root').
-        self.assertEqual(12, len(parser.items('Path')))
+        self.assertEqual(9, len(parser.items('Path')))
         self.assertEqual(parser.get('Path', 'root'), cfg.root)
         self.assertEqual(parser.get('Path', 'file_root'), cfg.file_root)
         self.assertEqual(parser.get('Path', 'config_dir'), cfg.config_dir)
@@ -125,10 +125,6 @@ class TestCfg(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(parser.get('Path', 'store_file'), cfg.store_file)
         self.assertEqual(parser.get('Path', 'actions_dir'), cfg.actions_dir)
         self.assertEqual(parser.get('Path', 'doc_dir'), cfg.doc_dir)
-        self.assertEqual(
-            parser.get('Path', 'status_log_file'), cfg.status_log_file)
-        self.assertEqual(
-            parser.get('Path', 'access_log_file'), cfg.access_log_file)
 
         self.assertEqual(5, len(parser.items('Network')))
         self.assertEqual(parser.get('Network', 'host'), cfg.host)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fa5b0c7b3..9bd08043d 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ from plinth.tests.coverage import coverage
 DIRECTORIES_TO_CREATE = [
     '/var/lib/plinth',
     '/var/lib/plinth/sessions',
-    '/var/log/plinth',
 ]
 
 DIRECTORIES_TO_COPY = [