diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index 1489804..80d573e 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -644,10 +644,6 @@ systemctl daemon-reexec &>/dev/null || {
 }
 
 if [ $1 -eq 1 ]; then
-   # create /var/log/journal only on initial installation,
-   # and only if it's writable (it won't be in rpm-ostree).
-   [ -w %{_localstatedir} ] && mkdir -p %{_localstatedir}/log/journal
-
    [ -w %{_localstatedir} ] && journalctl --update-catalog || :
    systemd-tmpfiles --create &>/dev/null || :
 fi