diff --git a/bin/dunstctl b/bin/dunstctl
index b85bbc9..0e649d1 100755
--- a/bin/dunstctl
+++ b/bin/dunstctl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -o nounset
 
-_logfile="$LOGDIR/dunstctl.log"
+_logfile="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/dunstctl.log"
 
 log() {
     printf '[%s] %s\n' "$(date -uIseconds)" "$*" >> "$_logfile"
diff --git a/i3/scripts/i3exit b/i3/scripts/i3exit
index 8fbdc6b..08ec83f 100755
--- a/i3/scripts/i3exit
+++ b/i3/scripts/i3exit
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ### From http://www.archlinux.org/index.php/i3
 
-_logfile="$LOGDIR/i3/i3exit.log"
+_logfile="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/i3exit.log"
 
 touch "$_logfile"
 
diff --git a/user.yml b/user.yml
index 74e593c..36f9e27 100644
--- a/user.yml
+++ b/user.yml
@@ -244,7 +244,6 @@
       path: "{{ item }}"
     with_items:
       - ~/tmp
-      - ~/.var/log
 
   - name: stat ~/bin
     stat:
diff --git a/x/xinitrc b/x/xinitrc
index b6b7e49..6aaa628 100644
--- a/x/xinitrc
+++ b/x/xinitrc
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-export LOGFILE="$LOGDIR/xinitrc.log"
-
-mkdir -p "${LOGDIR}/i3"
+export LOGFILE="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/xinitrc.log"
 
 log() {
     echo "[$(date +%FT%T)] $*" >> "$LOGFILE"
diff --git a/zsh/zprofile.j2 b/zsh/zprofile.j2
index 0f19593..6a28c54 100644
--- a/zsh/zprofile.j2
+++ b/zsh/zprofile.j2
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ export LESS="FRX"
 
 export WINEPATH="$HOME/games/wine"
 
-export LOGDIR="$HOME/.var/log"
 export BINDIR="$HOME/bin"
 
 export LANG=en_US.UTF-8