diff --git a/src/apps/installer/CopyEngine.cpp b/src/apps/installer/CopyEngine.cpp
index 3b58eb9132..8b14883bf5 100644
--- a/src/apps/installer/CopyEngine.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/installer/CopyEngine.cpp
@@ -507,11 +507,6 @@ CopyEngine::_ShouldCopyEntry(const BEntry& entry, const char* name,
 	const struct stat& statInfo, int32 level) const
 {
 	if (level == 1 && S_ISDIR(statInfo.st_mode)) {
-		if (strcmp(kVarDirectoryPath, name) == 0) {
-			// old location of /boot/var
-			printf("ignoring '%s'.\n", name);
-			return false;
-		}
 		if (strcmp(kPackagesDirectoryPath, name) == 0) {
 			printf("ignoring '%s'.\n", name);
 			return false;
diff --git a/src/apps/installer/InstallerDefs.cpp b/src/apps/installer/InstallerDefs.cpp
index ae4a55faf3..4e99387398 100644
--- a/src/apps/installer/InstallerDefs.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/installer/InstallerDefs.cpp
@@ -9,5 +9,4 @@
 
 const char* const kPackagesDirectoryPath = "_packages_";
 const char* const kSourcesDirectoryPath = "_sources_";
-const char* const kVarDirectoryPath = "var";
 const char* const kSwapFilePath = "common/var/swap";
diff --git a/src/apps/installer/InstallerDefs.h b/src/apps/installer/InstallerDefs.h
index 3a16dfaf57..bbc28c5829 100644
--- a/src/apps/installer/InstallerDefs.h
+++ b/src/apps/installer/InstallerDefs.h
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 extern const char* const kPackagesDirectoryPath;
 extern const char* const kSourcesDirectoryPath;
-extern const char* const kVarDirectoryPath;
 extern const char* const kSwapFilePath;