diff --git a/scripts/cloudron-setup b/scripts/cloudron-setup
index 27300bdd0..e2e00a906 100755
--- a/scripts/cloudron-setup
+++ b/scripts/cloudron-setup
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ apiServerOrigin="https://api.cloudron.io"
 webServerOrigin="https://cloudron.io"
 sourceTarballUrl=""
 rebootServer="true"
-baseDataDir=""
 
 args=$(getopt -o "" -l "help,skip-baseimage-init,provider:,version:,env:,edition:,skip-reboot" -n "$0" -- "$@")
 eval set -- "${args}"
@@ -125,11 +124,6 @@ elif [[  \
     exit 1
 fi
 
-if [[ -n "${baseDataDir}" && ! -d "${baseDataDir}" ]]; then
-    echo "${baseDataDir} does not exist"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 echo ""
 echo "##############################################"
 echo "         Cloudron Setup (${requestedVersion:-latest})"