diff --git a/dist/arch/PKGBUILD b/dist/arch/PKGBUILD
index 5a8aabaa..9b49ec14 100644
--- a/dist/arch/PKGBUILD
+++ b/dist/arch/PKGBUILD
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ package() {
     sed -i -se 's/\/\(etc\|usr\/share\)\/arsse\//\/\1\/webapps\/arsse\//g' "$pkgdir/etc/webapps/arsse/nginx/"* "$pkgdir/etc/webapps/arsse/apache/"* "$pkgdir/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/arsse.conf"
     sed -i -se 's/\/var\/run\/php\//\/run\/php-fpm\//g' "$pkgdir/etc/webapps/arsse/nginx/"* "$pkgdir/etc/webapps/arsse/apache/"* "$pkgdir/etc/php/php-fpm.d/arsse.conf"
     sed -i -se 's/www-data/http/g' "$pkgdir/etc/php/php-fpm.d/arsse.conf"
-    sed -i -se 's/^WorkingDirectory=.*$/WorkingDirectory=\/usr\/share\/webapps\/arsse/g' -e 's/^ConfigurationDirectory=.*$/ConfigurationDirectory=webapps\/arsse/g'
     # make a duplicate PHP-FPM pool for php-legacy
     sed -se 's/php-fpm/php-fpm-legacy/' "$pkgdir/etc/php/php-fpm.d/arsse.conf" > "$pkgdir/etc/php-legacy/php-fpm.d/arsse.conf"
     # copy Arch-specific versions of files
diff --git a/dist/arch/PKGBUILD-git b/dist/arch/PKGBUILD-git
index a3b55db4..a1baf566 100644
--- a/dist/arch/PKGBUILD-git
+++ b/dist/arch/PKGBUILD-git
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ package() {
     sed -i -se 's/\/\(etc\|usr\/share\)\/arsse\//\/\1\/webapps\/arsse\//g' "$pkgdir/etc/webapps/arsse/nginx/"* "$pkgdir/etc/webapps/arsse/apache/"* "$pkgdir/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/arsse.conf"
     sed -i -se 's/\/var\/run\/php\//\/run\/php-fpm\//g' "$pkgdir/etc/webapps/arsse/nginx/"* "$pkgdir/etc/webapps/arsse/apache/"* "$pkgdir/etc/php/php-fpm.d/arsse.conf"
     sed -i -se 's/www-data/http/g' "$pkgdir/etc/php/php-fpm.d/arsse.conf"
-    sed -i -se 's/^WorkingDirectory=.*$/WorkingDirectory=\/usr\/share\/webapps\/arsse/g' -e 's/^ConfigurationDirectory=.*$/ConfigurationDirectory=webapps\/arsse/g'
     # make a duplicate PHP-FPM pool for php-legacy
     sed -se 's/php-fpm/php-fpm-legacy/' "$pkgdir/etc/php/php-fpm.d/arsse.conf" > "$pkgdir/etc/php-legacy/php-fpm.d/arsse.conf"
     # copy Arch-specific versions of files