diff --git a/templates/default/icinga2.service.config.erb b/templates/default/icinga2.service.config.erb
index 18ba719..a907ebf 100644
--- a/templates/default/icinga2.service.config.erb
+++ b/templates/default/icinga2.service.config.erb
@@ -4,13 +4,11 @@
 #
 DAEMON=/usr/sbin/icinga2
 ICINGA2_CONFIG_FILE=<%= @conf_dir -%>/icinga2.conf
-ICINGA2_RUN_DIR=/var/run
-ICINGA2_STATE_DIR=/var
-ICINGA2_PID_FILE=$ICINGA2_RUN_DIR/icinga2/icinga2.pid
+ICINGA2_PID_FILE=/var/run/icinga2/icinga2.pid
 ICINGA2_ERROR_LOG=<%= @log_dir -%>/error.log
 ICINGA2_STARTUP_LOG=<%= @log_dir -%>/startup.log
 ICINGA2_LOG=<%= @log_dir -%>/icinga2.log
 ICINGA2_USER=<%= @user %>
 ICINGA2_GROUP=<%= @group %>
 ICINGA2_COMMAND_GROUP=<%= @cmdgroup %>
-ICINGA2_CACHE_DIR=$ICINGA2_STATE_DIR/cache/icinga2
+ICINGA2_CACHE_DIR=/var/cache/icinga2