diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 24521bc78f273339b850e892e1987c723406d06e..3b7067471e647305521c07feed6b93ad0ca2b298 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Thu Jan 10 13:56:33 GMT 2008 Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com>
+
+	Like --with-iptables-prefix, --with-iptables-dir is no
+	longer useful, so let's remove it.
+
+	* configure.in, src/iptables.c: remove --with-iptables-dir
+
 Thu Jan 10 13:54:10 GMT 2008 Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com>
 
 	--with-iptables-prefix was added to integrate with
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index cd1a4119fbde5b05fc528ce7a9b13d742ddb6afa..0fefb437db1afc406e36f3b02a5fd7353659069e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -182,18 +182,6 @@ fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL(LIBVIRT_INIT_SCRIPTS_RED_HAT, test x$with_init_scripts = xredhat)
 AC_MSG_RESULT($with_init_scripts)
 
-dnl
-dnl also support saving the various chains to files
-dnl in e.g. /etc/sysconfig/iptables.d
-dnl
-AC_ARG_WITH(iptables-dir,
-            AC_HELP_STRING([--with-iptables-dir=path],
-                           [directory used to save iptables chains, defaults to not saving]),
-            [IPTABLES_DIR=$withval])
-if test x"$IPTABLES_DIR" != "x"; then
-   AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(IPTABLES_DIR, "$IPTABLES_DIR", [directory used for saving iptables chains])
-fi
-
 dnl
 dnl ensure that Fedora's system-config-firewall knows
 dnl about libvirt's iptables rules
diff --git a/src/iptables.c b/src/iptables.c
index 12013af1cea5d95e65f85673728686d9433297e2..c865cd49eda493f572e408c1a51a2fb6d42dbf17 100644
--- a/src/iptables.c
+++ b/src/iptables.c
@@ -48,11 +48,6 @@
 
 #define qemudLog(level, msg...) fprintf(stderr, msg)
 
-#ifdef ENABLE_IPTABLES_LOKKIT
-#undef IPTABLES_DIR
-#define IPTABLES_DIR LOCAL_STATE_DIR "/lib/libvirt/iptables"
-#endif
-
 enum {
     ADD = 0,
     REMOVE
@@ -73,12 +68,12 @@ typedef struct
     int      nrules;
     iptRule *rules;
 
-#ifdef IPTABLES_DIR
+#ifdef ENABLE_IPTABLES_LOKKIT
 
     char   dir[PATH_MAX];
     char   path[PATH_MAX];
 
-#endif /* IPTABLES_DIR */
+#endif /* ENABLE_IPTABLES_LOKKIT */
 
 } iptRules;
 
@@ -89,7 +84,6 @@ struct _iptablesContext
     iptRules *nat_postrouting;
 };
 
-#ifdef IPTABLES_DIR
 #ifdef ENABLE_IPTABLES_LOKKIT
 static void
 notifyRulesUpdated(const char *table,
@@ -189,7 +183,6 @@ notifyRulesRemoved(const char *table,
 
 #undef MAX_FILE_LEN
 }
-#endif /* ENABLE_IPTABLES_LOKKIT */
 
 static int
 writeRules(const char *path,
@@ -237,7 +230,7 @@ writeRules(const char *path,
 
     return 0;
 }
-#endif /* IPTABLES_DIR */
+#endif /* ENABLE_IPTABLES_LOKKIT */
 
 static void
 iptRuleFree(iptRule *rule)
@@ -279,7 +272,7 @@ iptRulesAppend(iptRules *rules,
 
     rules->nrules++;
 
-#ifdef IPTABLES_DIR
+#ifdef ENABLE_IPTABLES_LOKKIT
     {
         int err;
 
@@ -290,12 +283,9 @@ iptRulesAppend(iptRules *rules,
             return err;
     }
 
-#ifdef ENABLE_IPTABLES_LOKKIT
     notifyRulesUpdated(rules->table, rules->path);
 #endif /* ENABLE_IPTABLES_LOKKIT */
 
-#endif /* IPTABLES_DIR */
-
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -320,7 +310,7 @@ iptRulesRemove(iptRules *rules,
 
     rules->nrules--;
 
-#ifdef IPTABLES_DIR
+#ifdef ENABLE_IPTABLES_LOKKIT
     {
         int err;
 
@@ -328,15 +318,12 @@ iptRulesRemove(iptRules *rules,
             return err;
     }
 
-#ifdef ENABLE_IPTABLES_LOKKIT
     if (rules->nrules > 0)
         notifyRulesUpdated(rules->table, rules->path);
     else
         notifyRulesRemoved(rules->table, rules->path);
 #endif /* ENABLE_IPTABLES_LOKKIT */
 
-#endif /* IPTABLES_DIR */
-
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -366,10 +353,10 @@ iptRulesFree(iptRules *rules)
         rules->nrules = 0;
     }
 
-#ifdef IPTABLES_DIR
+#ifdef ENABLE_IPTABLES_LOKKIT
     rules->dir[0] = '\0';
     rules->path[0] = '\0';
-#endif /* IPTABLES_DIR */
+#endif /* ENABLE_IPTABLES_LOKKIT */
 
     free(rules);
 }
@@ -392,13 +379,14 @@ iptRulesNew(const char *table,
     rules->rules = NULL;
     rules->nrules = 0;
 
-#ifdef IPTABLES_DIR
-    if (virFileBuildPath(IPTABLES_DIR, table, NULL, rules->dir, sizeof(rules->dir)) < 0)
+#ifdef ENABLE_IPTABLES_LOKKIT
+    if (virFileBuildPath(LOCAL_STATE_DIR "/lib/libvirt/iptables", table, NULL,
+                         rules->dir, sizeof(rules->dir)) < 0)
         goto error;
 
     if (virFileBuildPath(rules->dir, chain, ".chain", rules->path, sizeof(rules->path)) < 0)
         goto error;
-#endif /* IPTABLES_DIR */
+#endif /* ENABLE_IPTABLES_LOKKIT */
 
     return rules;