diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/shopify/metrics/reporting/LogReporter.java b/core/src/main/java/com/shopify/metrics/reporting/LogReporter.java
index 76b152d9ebe32..22e15e261e9e1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/shopify/metrics/reporting/LogReporter.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/shopify/metrics/reporting/LogReporter.java
@@ -97,8 +97,6 @@ private LogReporter(MetricRegistry registry,
     this.logger = Logger.getLogger("com.shopify.metrics");
     this.logger.setAdditivity(false);
 
-    String file = String.format("%s/spark.metrics.log", directory);
-
     try {
       PatternLayout layout = new PatternLayout("%d{ISO8601} %c %m%n");
       RollingFileAppender logfile = new RollingFileAppender(layout, file);