diff --git a/lightningd/lightningd.c b/lightningd/lightningd.c
index ca3ae7a35..edf4281c2 100644
--- a/lightningd/lightningd.c
+++ b/lightningd/lightningd.c
@@ -239,11 +239,6 @@ static struct lightningd *new_lightningd(const tal_t *ctx)
 	 */
 	jsonrpc_setup(ld);
 
-	/*~ We changed when we start plugins, messing up relative paths.
-	 * This saves our original dirs so we can fixup and warn for the
-	 * moment (0.7.2). */
-	ld->original_directory = path_cwd(ld);
-
 	/*~ We run a number of plugins (subprocesses that we talk JSON-RPC with)
 	 * alongside this process. This allows us to have an easy way for users
 	 * to add their own tools without having to modify the c-lightning source
diff --git a/lightningd/lightningd.h b/lightningd/lightningd.h
index 4e159b12b..83e1f899d 100644
--- a/lightningd/lightningd.h
+++ b/lightningd/lightningd.h
@@ -251,9 +251,6 @@ struct lightningd {
 	char *tor_service_password;
 	bool pure_tor_setup;
 
-	/* Original directory for deprecated plugin-relative-to-cwd */
-	const char *original_directory;
-
 	struct plugins *plugins;
 
 	char *wallet_dsn;