diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/internal/InternalSettingsPerparer.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/internal/InternalSettingsPerparer.java
index 735a30db7ee..125a15f275b 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/internal/InternalSettingsPerparer.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/internal/InternalSettingsPerparer.java
@@ -106,13 +106,7 @@ public class InternalSettingsPerparer {
 
         // put back the env settings
         settingsBuilder = settingsBuilder().put(v1);
-        settingsBuilder.put("path.home", cleanPath(environment.homeFile().getAbsolutePath()));
-        settingsBuilder.put("path.work", cleanPath(environment.workFile().getAbsolutePath()));
-        String[] paths = new String[environment.dataFiles().length];
-        for (int i = 0; i < environment.dataFiles().length; i++) {
-            paths[i] = cleanPath(environment.dataFiles()[i].getAbsolutePath());
-        }
-        settingsBuilder.putArray("path.data", paths);
+        // we put back the path.logs so we can use it in the logging configuration file
         settingsBuilder.put("path.logs", cleanPath(environment.logsFile().getAbsolutePath()));
 
         v1 = settingsBuilder.build();