diff --git a/ceph/templates/daemonset-osd.yaml b/ceph/templates/daemonset-osd.yaml
index 86d9c72bfa..6a168f1b73 100644
--- a/ceph/templates/daemonset-osd.yaml
+++ b/ceph/templates/daemonset-osd.yaml
@@ -153,9 +153,6 @@ spec:
         - name: pod-run
           emptyDir:
             medium: "Memory"
-        - name: ceph
-          hostPath:
-            path: {{ .Values.ceph.storage.var_directory }}
         - name: ceph-bin
           configMap:
             name: ceph-bin
diff --git a/ceph/values.yaml b/ceph/values.yaml
index 0350700225..f9fa535bf8 100644
--- a/ceph/values.yaml
+++ b/ceph/values.yaml
@@ -303,7 +303,6 @@ ceph:
     mgr: true
   storage:
     osd_directory: /var/lib/openstack-helm/ceph/osd
-    var_directory: /var/lib/openstack-helm/ceph/ceph
     mon_directory: /var/lib/openstack-helm/ceph/mon
 
 bootstrap: