diff --git a/pkg/constant/constant_posix.go b/pkg/constant/constant_posix.go
index c6d45ce40bc9..e48b4697e5f6 100644
--- a/pkg/constant/constant_posix.go
+++ b/pkg/constant/constant_posix.go
@@ -26,5 +26,4 @@ const (
 	KubePauseContainerImage        = "registry.k8s.io/pause"
 	KubePauseContainerImageVersion = "3.9"
 	K0sConfigPathDefault           = "/etc/k0s/k0s.yaml"
-	RuntimeConfigPathDefault       = "/run/k0s/k0s.yaml"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/constant/constant_windows.go b/pkg/constant/constant_windows.go
index 6e797c1fbe9e..4aac2e27bd9d 100644
--- a/pkg/constant/constant_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/constant/constant_windows.go
@@ -34,5 +34,4 @@ const (
 	KubePauseContainerImage        = "registry.k8s.io/pause"
 	KubePauseContainerImageVersion = "3.9"
 	K0sConfigPathDefault           = "C:\\etc\\k0s\\k0s.yaml"
-	RuntimeConfigPathDefault       = RunDir + "\\k0s.yaml"
 )