diff --git a/application.properties b/application.properties
index dc4c93bbcdbcf8360c68f245c67906cbb106c8bb..e43b1b804f63bf5846e9cccf9a1472f3d1a0d5be 100644
--- a/application.properties
+++ b/application.properties
@@ -100,4 +100,3 @@ target =
 
 [analytics]
 enable_logging_runs = False
-logging_file =
diff --git a/src/dgenies/config_reader.py b/src/dgenies/config_reader.py
index e4b2b2557d00a8301517c1a5fd566c1bcfef87fd..3c41720b156708f9c32a60b8db85fd31fabbeab5 100644
--- a/src/dgenies/config_reader.py
+++ b/src/dgenies/config_reader.py
@@ -421,14 +421,3 @@ class AppConfigReader:
             return self.reader.get("analytics", "enable_logging_runs").lower() == "true"
         except (NoOptionError, NoSectionError):
             return False
-
-    def _get_analytics_log_file(self):
-        try:
-            log_file = self._replace_vars(self.reader.get("analytics", "logging_file"))
-            if (log_file == "" or not os.path.exists(os.path.dirname(log_file))) and self._get_analytics_enabled():
-                raise ValueError("Analytics log file not set or has not existing parent folder")
-            return log_file
-        except (NoOptionError, NoSectionError):
-            if self._get_analytics_enabled():
-                raise ValueError("Analytics log file not set")
-            return None