diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index a1dfa5b128f81725f515d68fc2b6b90611c02046..50c45767637ac4b10cb8b2eb6990c8db27183327 100644
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -19,15 +19,6 @@ if [ -z $DM_INSTALL_DIR ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
-if [ -z $DM_DATA_DIR ]; then
-	read -p "Enter Stotage data directory: " Data_Dir
-	if [ ! -d $Data_Dir ]; then
-	    echo "Creating data directory"
-	    mkdir -p "$Data_Dir"
-	fi
-	export DM_DATA_DIR=$Data_Dir
-fi
-
 if [ -z $DM_VAR_DIR ]; then
     export DM_VAR_DIR=$DM_ROOT_DIR/../var
     if [ -d $DM_VAR_DIR ]; then