diff --git a/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yaml
index 01c1580..ffe7be3 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ gitea_bin_path: /usr/local/bin
 gitea_var_path: /var/lib/gitea
 gitea_log_path: /var/log/gitea
 gitea_etc_path: /etc/gitea
-gitea_run_path: /run/gitea
 gitea_path: "{{ gitea_bin_path }}/gitea"
 gitea_config_path: "{{ gitea_etc_path }}/app.ini"
 gitea_systemd_unit_path: /etc/systemd/system/gitea.service
diff --git a/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml
index 04cc197..81566dd 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -58,14 +58,6 @@
     state: directory
   with_items: "{{ gitea_var_tree }}"
 
-- name: "create {{ gitea_run_path }} path"
-  file:
-    path: "{{ gitea_run_path }}"
-    owner: "{{ gitea_user }}"
-    group: "{{ gitea_group }}"
-    mode: 0755
-    state: directory
-
 - name: "create {{ gitea_log_path }} path"
   file:
     path: "{{ gitea_log_path }}"
diff --git a/roles/gitea/templates/gitea.service.j2 b/roles/gitea/templates/gitea.service.j2
index a8083d9..1234de2 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/templates/gitea.service.j2
+++ b/roles/gitea/templates/gitea.service.j2
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Group={{ gitea_group }}
 WorkingDirectory={{ gitea_var_path }}
 # If using Unix socket: tells systemd to create the /run/gitea folder, which will contain the gitea.sock file
 # (manually creating /run/gitea doesn't work, because it would not persist across reboots)
-#RuntimeDirectory=gitea
+RuntimeDirectory=gitea
 ExecStart={{ gitea_path }} web --config {{ gitea_config_path }}
 Restart=always
 Environment=USER={{ gitea_user }} HOME={{ gitea_home_path }} GITEA_WORK_DIR={{ gitea_var_path }}