diff --git a/src/hwdb/hwdb.c b/src/hwdb/hwdb.c
index 62b76c9e8..446de3a2f 100644
--- a/src/hwdb/hwdb.c
+++ b/src/hwdb/hwdb.c
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ static const char *arg_root = "";
 
 static const char * const conf_file_dirs[] = {
         "/etc/udev/hwdb.d",
-        "/run/udev/hwdb.d",
         UDEVLIBEXECDIR "/hwdb.d",
         NULL
 };
diff --git a/src/udev/udevadm-hwdb.c b/src/udev/udevadm-hwdb.c
index 4c933de69..00609e31b 100644
--- a/src/udev/udevadm-hwdb.c
+++ b/src/udev/udevadm-hwdb.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 
 static const char * const conf_file_dirs[] = {
         "/etc/udev/hwdb.d",
-        "/run/udev/hwdb.d",
         UDEVLIBEXECDIR "/hwdb.d",
         NULL
 };
diff --git a/units/systemd-hwdb-update.service.in b/units/systemd-hwdb-update.service.in
index d13383d55..7135cff3d 100644
--- a/units/systemd-hwdb-update.service.in
+++ b/units/systemd-hwdb-update.service.in
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ ConditionNeedsUpdate=/etc
 ConditionPathExists=|!@udevlibexecdir@/hwdb.bin
 ConditionPathExists=|/etc/udev/hwdb.bin
 ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty=|/etc/udev/hwdb.d/
-ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty=|/run/udev/hwdb.d/
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot