diff --git a/utils/irqbalance/files/irqbalance.init b/utils/irqbalance/files/irqbalance.init
index 0f587e158..638dcb39f 100644
--- a/utils/irqbalance/files/irqbalance.init
+++ b/utils/irqbalance/files/irqbalance.init
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ start_service() {
 	config_get_bool enabled irqbalance enabled 0
 	[ "$enabled" -gt 0 ] || return 0
 
-	mkdir -p /var/run/irqbalance
-
 	# 10 is the default
 	config_get interval irqbalance interval 10
 
diff --git a/utils/irqbalance/patches/110-fix-runtime-socket-directory.patch b/utils/irqbalance/patches/110-fix-runtime-socket-directory.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 036c7a476..000000000
--- a/utils/irqbalance/patches/110-fix-runtime-socket-directory.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
---- a/irqbalance.h
-+++ b/irqbalance.h
-@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ extern unsigned int log_mask;
- #endif /* HAVE_LIBSYSTEMD */
- 
- #define SOCKET_PATH "irqbalance"
--#define SOCKET_TMPFS "/run/irqbalance"
-+#define SOCKET_TMPFS "/var/run/irqbalance"
- 
- extern int process_one_line(char *path, void (*cb)(char *line, void *data), void *data);
- extern void get_mask_from_bitmap(char *line, void *mask);
---- a/ui/irqbalance-ui.h
-+++ b/ui/irqbalance-ui.h
-@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
- #include <glib-unix.h>
- 
- #define SOCKET_PATH "irqbalance"
--#define SOCKET_TMPFS "/run/irqbalance"
-+#define SOCKET_TMPFS "/var/run/irqbalance"
- 
- #define STATS "stats"
- #define SET_SLEEP "settings sleep "