diff --git a/application/forms/Config/General/LoggingConfigForm.php b/application/forms/Config/General/LoggingConfigForm.php
index bb9bea33a..759c2a6e3 100644
--- a/application/forms/Config/General/LoggingConfigForm.php
+++ b/application/forms/Config/General/LoggingConfigForm.php
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class LoggingConfigForm extends Form
                     'required'      => true,
                     'label'         => t('File path'),
                     'description'   => t('The full path to the log file to write messages to.'),
-                    'value'         => $this->getDefaultLogDir(),
+                    'value'         => '/var/log/icingaweb2/icingaweb2.log',
                     'validators'    => array(new WritablePathValidator())
                 )
             );
@@ -114,14 +114,4 @@ class LoggingConfigForm extends Form
 
         return $this;
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Return the default logging directory for type 'file'
-     *
-     * @return string
-     */
-    protected function getDefaultLogDir()
-    {
-        return realpath(Icinga::app()->getApplicationDir('../var/log/icingaweb.log'));
-    }
 }