diff --git a/modules/nixos-modules/server/actual/impermanence.nix b/modules/nixos-modules/server/actual/impermanence.nix
index f203178..d870789 100644
--- a/modules/nixos-modules/server/actual/impermanence.nix
+++ b/modules/nixos-modules/server/actual/impermanence.nix
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 }: let
   const = import ./const.nix;
   dataDirectory = const.dataDirectory;
-  # Strip /private from dataDirectory for assertion check (systemd DynamicUser adds /private automatically)
-  configDataDirectory = lib.strings.replaceStrings ["/var/lib/private"] ["/var/lib"] dataDirectory;
 in {
   options.services.actual = {
     impermanence.enable = lib.mkOption {