diff --git a/cmd/tetragon/main.go b/cmd/tetragon/main.go
index af2df0d6504..50de8cd8e85 100644
--- a/cmd/tetragon/main.go
+++ b/cmd/tetragon/main.go
@@ -259,7 +259,6 @@ func tetragonExecute() error {
 	// Get observer bpf maps and programs directory
 	observerDir := getObserverDir()
 	option.Config.BpfDir = observerDir
-	option.Config.MapDir = observerDir
 
 	// Check if option to remove old BPF and maps is enabled.
 	if option.Config.ReleasePinned {
@@ -353,7 +352,7 @@ func tetragonExecute() error {
 	}
 
 	// Probe runtime configuration and do not fail on errors
-	obs.UpdateRuntimeConf(option.Config.MapDir)
+	obs.UpdateRuntimeConf(option.Config.BpfDir)
 
 	var k8sWatcher watcher.K8sResourceWatcher
 	if option.Config.EnableK8s {
diff --git a/pkg/bench/bench.go b/pkg/bench/bench.go
index ad4f4f0a114..fbc56a57708 100644
--- a/pkg/bench/bench.go
+++ b/pkg/bench/bench.go
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ func runTetragon(ctx context.Context, configFile string, args *Arguments, summar
 	option.Config.RBSize = args.RBSize
 
 	option.Config.BpfDir = bpf.MapPrefixPath()
-	option.Config.MapDir = bpf.MapPrefixPath()
 	obs := observer.NewObserver(configFile)
 
 	if err := obs.InitSensorManager(nil); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/eventmetrics/collector.go b/pkg/metrics/eventmetrics/collector.go
index 4f3dcd30911..de63fae34ff 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/eventmetrics/collector.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/eventmetrics/collector.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func (c *bpfCollector) Describe(ch chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {
 }
 
 func (c *bpfCollector) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
-	mapHandle, err := ebpf.LoadPinnedMap(filepath.Join(option.Config.MapDir, "tg_stats_map"), nil)
+	mapHandle, err := ebpf.LoadPinnedMap(filepath.Join(option.Config.BpfDir, "tg_stats_map"), nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/observer/observer_stats.go b/pkg/observer/observer_stats.go
index 184a4c35574..59821546ee0 100644
--- a/pkg/observer/observer_stats.go
+++ b/pkg/observer/observer_stats.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func (c *bpfCollector) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
 			continue
 		}
 		processedMaps[name] = true
-		pin := filepath.Join(option.Config.MapDir, name)
+		pin := filepath.Join(option.Config.BpfDir, name)
 		// Skip map names that end up with _stats.
 		// This will result in _stats_stats suffixes that we don't care about
 		if strings.HasSuffix(pin, statsSuffix) {
diff --git a/pkg/observer/observertesthelper/observer_test_helper.go b/pkg/observer/observertesthelper/observer_test_helper.go
index 91dba70818e..b6907bb3cb5 100644
--- a/pkg/observer/observertesthelper/observer_test_helper.go
+++ b/pkg/observer/observertesthelper/observer_test_helper.go
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ func newDefaultTestOptions(opts ...TestOption) *TestOptions {
 
 func newDefaultObserver(oo *testObserverOptions) *observer.Observer {
 	option.Config.BpfDir = bpf.MapPrefixPath()
-	option.Config.MapDir = bpf.MapPrefixPath()
 	return observer.NewObserver(oo.config)
 }
 
@@ -312,7 +311,6 @@ func GetDefaultSensorsWithFile(tb testing.TB, file, lib string, opts ...TestOpti
 	opts = append(opts, WithLib(lib))
 
 	option.Config.BpfDir = bpf.MapPrefixPath()
-	option.Config.MapDir = bpf.MapPrefixPath()
 
 	testutils.CaptureLog(tb, logger.GetLogger().(*logrus.Logger))
 
diff --git a/pkg/option/config.go b/pkg/option/config.go
index 17b4bc2221f..bd0dec4894f 100644
--- a/pkg/option/config.go
+++ b/pkg/option/config.go
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ type config struct {
 
 	GopsAddr string
 
-	MapDir string
 	BpfDir string
 
 	LogOpts map[string]string