diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty-requestlog.xml b/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty-requestlog.xml
index f013f552cf63..1b3a7a070117 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty-requestlog.xml
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty-requestlog.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
- /yyyy_mm_dd.request.log
+
+ /yyyy_mm_dd.request.log
+
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/config/modules/requestlog.mod b/jetty-server/src/main/config/modules/requestlog.mod
index 1e78094265c8..e4a660b3f3c4 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/config/modules/requestlog.mod
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/config/modules/requestlog.mod
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ etc/jetty-requestlog.xml
[files]
logs/
-[ini]
-jetty.requestlog.dir?=logs
-
[ini-template]
## Format string
# jetty.requestlog.formatString=%a - %u %{dd/MMM/yyyy:HH:mm:ss ZZZ|GMT}t "%r" %s %B "%{Referer}i" "%{User-Agent}i" "%C"