diff --git a/bundles/redis/items.py b/bundles/redis/items.py
index 1d69726..e557d09 100644
--- a/bundles/redis/items.py
+++ b/bundles/redis/items.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ directories = {
     },
     '/var/lib/redis': {
         'owner': 'redis',
-        'purge': True,
         'needs': [
             'pkg_apt:redis-server',
         ],
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ svc_systemd = {
     },
 }
 
-
 for name, conf in node.metadata.get('redis').items():
     files[f'/etc/redis/{name}.conf'] = {
         'content': '\n'.join(
diff --git a/bundles/redis/metadata.py b/bundles/redis/metadata.py
index 15ab1c2..702ff51 100644
--- a/bundles/redis/metadata.py
+++ b/bundles/redis/metadata.py
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ def units(metadata):
                 'RestrictAddressFamilies': 'AF_INET AF_INET6 AF_UNIX',
                 
                 'ProtectSystem': 'true',
-                'ReadWriteDirectories': '-/etc/redis',
             },
             'Install': {
                 'WantedBy': {'multi-user.target'},