diff --git a/dist/src/main/conf/jobs/profile-defaults/profile-crawler-beans.cxml b/dist/src/main/conf/jobs/profile-defaults/profile-crawler-beans.cxml
index f29dcf9d..826fbc9d 100644
--- a/dist/src/main/conf/jobs/profile-defaults/profile-crawler-beans.cxml
+++ b/dist/src/main/conf/jobs/profile-defaults/profile-crawler-beans.cxml
@@ -365,7 +365,6 @@ http://example.example/example
   <!-- <property name="snoozeLongMs" value="300000" /> -->
   <!-- <property name="retryDelaySeconds" value="900" /> -->
   <!-- <property name="maxRetries" value="30" /> -->
-  <!-- <property name="recoveryDir" value="logs" /> -->
   <!-- <property name="recoveryLogEnabled" value="true" /> -->
   <!-- <property name="maxOutlinks" value="6000" /> -->
   <!-- <property name="outboundQueueCapacity" value="50" /> -->
diff --git a/engine/src/main/resources/org/archive/crawler/restlet/profile-crawler-beans.cxml b/engine/src/main/resources/org/archive/crawler/restlet/profile-crawler-beans.cxml
index 92321b3b..f4b4ed23 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/resources/org/archive/crawler/restlet/profile-crawler-beans.cxml
+++ b/engine/src/main/resources/org/archive/crawler/restlet/profile-crawler-beans.cxml
@@ -365,7 +365,6 @@ http://example.example/example
   <!-- <property name="snoozeLongMs" value="300000" /> -->
   <!-- <property name="retryDelaySeconds" value="900" /> -->
   <!-- <property name="maxRetries" value="30" /> -->
-  <!-- <property name="recoveryDir" value="logs" /> -->
   <!-- <property name="recoveryLogEnabled" value="true" /> -->
   <!-- <property name="maxOutlinks" value="6000" /> -->
   <!-- <property name="outboundQueueCapacity" value="50" /> -->