diff --git a/conf/cassandra-env.ps1 b/conf/cassandra-env.ps1
index 60d15bb1dd..321a9ca226 100644
--- a/conf/cassandra-env.ps1
+++ b/conf/cassandra-env.ps1
@@ -425,7 +425,6 @@ Function SetCassandraEnvironment
     $env:JVM_OPTS="$env:JVM_OPTS -XX:+PrintPromotionFailure"
     # $env:JVM_OPTS="$env:JVM_OPTS -XX:PrintFLSStatistics=1"
 
-    New-Item -Force -ItemType directory -Path $env:CASSANDRA_HOME/logs/
     $env:JVM_OPTS="$env:JVM_OPTS -Xloggc:""$env:CASSANDRA_HOME/logs/gc.log"""
     $env:JVM_OPTS="$env:JVM_OPTS -XX:+UseGCLogFileRotation"
     $env:JVM_OPTS="$env:JVM_OPTS -XX:NumberOfGCLogFiles=10"
diff --git a/conf/cassandra-env.sh b/conf/cassandra-env.sh
index 5d2330cdaf..b519b7683f 100644
--- a/conf/cassandra-env.sh
+++ b/conf/cassandra-env.sh
@@ -241,7 +241,6 @@ JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -XX:+PrintGCApplicationStoppedTime"
 JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -XX:+PrintPromotionFailure"
 #JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -XX:PrintFLSStatistics=1"
 
-mkdir -p ${CASSANDRA_HOME}/logs/
 JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -Xloggc:${CASSANDRA_HOME}/logs/gc.log"
 JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -XX:+UseGCLogFileRotation"
 JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -XX:NumberOfGCLogFiles=10"