diff --git a/src/services/data_dir.js b/src/services/data_dir.js
index 1d74eb81f..fcdedad24 100644
--- a/src/services/data_dir.js
+++ b/src/services/data_dir.js
@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@ function getTriliumDataDir() {
 }
 
 const TRILIUM_DATA_DIR =  getTriliumDataDir();
-
-// not necessary to log this since if we have logs we already know where data dir is.
-console.log("Using data dir:", TRILIUM_DATA_DIR);
-
 const DOCUMENT_PATH = TRILIUM_DATA_DIR + "/document.db";
 const BACKUP_DIR = TRILIUM_DATA_DIR + "/backup";
 const LOG_DIR = TRILIUM_DATA_DIR + "/log";
diff --git a/src/services/log.js b/src/services/log.js
index 7d7c4a8fd..0de8b1619 100644
--- a/src/services/log.js
+++ b/src/services/log.js
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ function request(req) {
     logger.info(req.method + " " + req.url);
 }
 
-info("Using data dir: " + dataDir.TRILIUM_DATA_DIR);
-
 module.exports = {
     info,
     error,