diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index ed82be5..560c950 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -93,3 +93,4 @@ VDR Plugin 'satip' Revision History
 
 - Updated the command-line help and README.
 - Fixed the server teardown.
+- Removed the unnecessary config directory definition.
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 8786626..57e3bce 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ cSatipConfig::cSatipConfig(void)
       disabledSourcesM[i] = cSource::stNone;
   for (unsigned int i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(disabledFiltersM); ++i)
       disabledFiltersM[i] = -1;
-  memset(configDirectoryM, 0, sizeof(configDirectoryM));
 }
 
 unsigned int cSatipConfig::GetDisabledSourcesCount(void) const
@@ -61,9 +60,3 @@ void cSatipConfig::SetDisabledFilters(unsigned int indexP, int numberP)
   if (indexP < ARRAY_SIZE(disabledFiltersM))
      disabledFiltersM[indexP] = numberP;
 }
-
-void cSatipConfig::SetConfigDirectory(const char *directoryP)
-{
-  debug1("%s (%s)", __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, directoryP);
-  ERROR_IF(!realpath(directoryP, configDirectoryM), "Cannot canonicalize configuration directory");
-}
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 7b96704..8fb775f 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ private:
   unsigned int useBytesM;
   int disabledSourcesM[MAX_DISABLED_SOURCES_COUNT];
   int disabledFiltersM[SECTION_FILTER_TABLE_SIZE];
-  char configDirectoryM[PATH_MAX];
 
 public:
   enum eOperatingMode {
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@ public:
   bool IsTraceMode(eTraceMode modeP) const { return (traceModeM & modeP); }
   unsigned int GetEITScan(void) const { return eitScanM; }
   unsigned int GetUseBytes(void) const { return useBytesM; }
-  const char *GetConfigDirectory(void) const { return configDirectoryM; }
   unsigned int GetDisabledSourcesCount(void) const;
   int GetDisabledSources(unsigned int indexP) const;
   unsigned int GetDisabledFiltersCount(void) const;
@@ -71,7 +69,6 @@ public:
   void SetTraceMode(unsigned int modeP) { traceModeM = (modeP & eTraceModeMask); }
   void SetEITScan(unsigned int onOffP) { eitScanM = onOffP; }
   void SetUseBytes(unsigned int onOffP) { useBytesM = onOffP; }
-  void SetConfigDirectory(const char *directoryP);
   void SetDisabledSources(unsigned int indexP, int sourceP);
   void SetDisabledFilters(unsigned int indexP, int numberP);
 };
diff --git a/satip.c b/satip.c
index d4e756d..1da6d39 100644
--- a/satip.c
+++ b/satip.c
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ bool cPluginSatip::Initialize(void)
   // Initialize any background activities the plugin shall perform.
   if (curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL) != CURLE_OK)
      error("Unable to initialize CURL");
-  SatipConfig.SetConfigDirectory(cPlugin::ResourceDirectory(PLUGIN_NAME_I18N));
   cSatipPoller::GetInstance()->Initialize();
   cSatipDiscover::GetInstance()->Initialize(serversM);
   return cSatipDevice::Initialize(deviceCountM);