diff --git a/diod/diod.c b/diod/diod.c
index a95386d..7262640 100644
--- a/diod/diod.c
+++ b/diod/diod.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ _daemonize (void)
 {
     char rdir[PATH_MAX];
 
-    snprintf (rdir, sizeof(rdir), "%s/run/diod", X_LOCALSTATEDIR);
+    snprintf (rdir, sizeof(rdir), "/run/diod");
     if (mkdir (rdir, 0755) < 0 && errno != EEXIST) {
         msg ("failed to find/create %s, running out of /tmp", rdir);
         snprintf (rdir, sizeof(rdir), "/tmp");