diff --git a/deploy/packages/deb/debian/rules b/deploy/packages/deb/debian/rules
index 305b8ffd0..4a06bbe26 100755
--- a/deploy/packages/deb/debian/rules
+++ b/deploy/packages/deb/debian/rules
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ install: build
 	mkdir -p debian/emqx/usr/lib/emqx/bin
 	mkdir -p debian/emqx/usr/lib/emqx/plugins
 	touch debian/emqx/usr/lib/emqx/plugins/.keep
-	mkdir -p debian/emqx/usr/lib/emqx/data/patches
-	touch debian/emqx/usr/lib/emqx/data/patches/.keep
 	mkdir -p debian/emqx/etc/emqx
 	cp bin/* debian/emqx/usr/lib/emqx/bin
 	cp -R lib debian/emqx/usr/lib/emqx
diff --git a/deploy/packages/rpm/emqx.spec b/deploy/packages/rpm/emqx.spec
index 25e82eacd..4839d1a7d 100644
--- a/deploy/packages/rpm/emqx.spec
+++ b/deploy/packages/rpm/emqx.spec
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ EMQX, a distributed, massively scalable, highly extensible MQTT message broker.
 %install
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_lib_home}
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_lib_home}/plugins
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_lib_home}/data/patches
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_log_dir}
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_conf_dir}
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_var_home}
 
 cp -R %{_reldir}/lib %{buildroot}%{_lib_home}/
 touch %{buildroot}%{_lib_home}/plugins/.keep
-touch %{buildroot}%{_lib_home}/data/patches/.keep
 cp -R %{_reldir}/erts-* %{buildroot}%{_lib_home}/
 cp -R %{_reldir}/releases %{buildroot}%{_lib_home}/
 cp -R %{_reldir}/bin %{buildroot}%{_lib_home}/