diff --git a/scripts/cloudron-setup b/scripts/cloudron-setup
index a9f39db22..6dc2bf3fd 100755
--- a/scripts/cloudron-setup
+++ b/scripts/cloudron-setup
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ sourceTarballUrl=""
 rebootServer="true"
 baseDataDir=""
 
-args=$(getopt -o "" -l "help,skip-baseimage-init,data-dir:,provider:,version:,env:,edition:,skip-reboot" -n "$0" -- "$@")
+args=$(getopt -o "" -l "help,skip-baseimage-init,provider:,version:,env:,edition:,skip-reboot" -n "$0" -- "$@")
 eval set -- "${args}"
 
 while true; do
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ while true; do
         shift 2;;
     --skip-baseimage-init) initBaseImage="false"; shift;;
     --skip-reboot) rebootServer="false"; shift;;
-    --data-dir) baseDataDir=$(realpath "$2"); shift 2;;
     --) break;;
     *) echo "Unknown option $1"; exit 1;;
     esac
@@ -200,7 +199,7 @@ fi
 
 echo "=> Installing version ${version} (this takes some time) ..."
 echo "${data}" > "${DATA_FILE}"
-if ! /bin/bash "${box_src_tmp_dir}/scripts/installer.sh" --data-file "${DATA_FILE}" --data-dir "${baseDataDir}" &>> "${LOG_FILE}"; then
+if ! /bin/bash "${box_src_tmp_dir}/scripts/installer.sh" --data-file "${DATA_FILE}" &>> "${LOG_FILE}"; then
     echo "Failed to install cloudron. See ${LOG_FILE} for details"
     exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/installer.sh b/scripts/installer.sh
index 5ded98129..fa2350227 100755
--- a/scripts/installer.sh
+++ b/scripts/installer.sh
@@ -23,16 +23,14 @@ readonly box_src_tmp_dir="$(realpath ${script_dir}/..)"
 readonly is_update=$([[ -f "${CLOUDRON_CONF}" ]] && echo "yes" || echo "no")
 
 arg_data=""
-arg_data_dir=""
 
-args=$(getopt -o "" -l "data:,data-file:,data-dir:" -n "$0" -- "$@")
+args=$(getopt -o "" -l "data:,data-file:," -n "$0" -- "$@")
 eval set -- "${args}"
 
 while true; do
     case "$1" in
     --data) arg_data="$2"; shift 2;;
     --data-file) arg_data=$(cat $2); shift 2;;
-    --data-dir) arg_data_dir="$2"; shift 2;;
     --) break;;
     *) echo "Unknown option $1"; exit 1;;
     esac
@@ -119,15 +117,6 @@ if [[ "${is_update}" == "yes" ]]; then
     ${BOX_SRC_DIR}/setup/stop.sh
 fi
 
-# setup links to data directory
-if [[ -n "${arg_data_dir}" ]]; then
-    echo "==> installer: setting up links to data directory"
-    mkdir "${arg_data_dir}/appsdata"
-    ln -s "${arg_data_dir}/appsdata" "${BASE_DATA_DIR}/appsdata"
-    mkdir "${arg_data_dir}/platformdata"
-    ln -s "${arg_data_dir}/platformdata" "${BASE_DATA_DIR}/platformdata"
-fi
-
 # ensure we are not inside the source directory, which we will remove now
 cd /root