diff --git a/icinga2.spec b/icinga2.spec
index 7f511102a2963db36bbe8cb511a47186a0fc77c0..35a8a534e403bc07ff4e216f9694a2912d9bac0a 100644
--- a/icinga2.spec
+++ b/icinga2.spec
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 
 %define revision 1
 
-# make sure that _rundir is working on older systems
-%if ! %{defined _rundir}
-%define _rundir %{_localstatedir}/run
-%endif
 %if ! %{defined _fillupdir}
   %define _fillupdir %{_localstatedir}/adm/fillup-templates
 %endif