diff --git a/helpers/fail2ban b/helpers/fail2ban
index 4d587163b..2911d43d7 100644
--- a/helpers/fail2ban
+++ b/helpers/fail2ban
@@ -104,14 +104,7 @@ ignoreregex =
     # "$logpath" using the one in the package's conf/f2b_jail.conf template
     if [ -z "$logpath" ]; then
         # the first sed deletes possibles spaces and the second one extract the path
-        logpath=$(grep logpath "$YNH_APP_BASEDIR/conf/f2b_jail.conf" | sed "s/ //g" | sed "s/logpath=//g")
-        # replace any '__VAR__' by their real variable using ynh_replace_vars
-        # in some hacky way because ynh_replace_vars supports only files ^^'
-        tempdir="$(mktemp -d)"
-        echo "$logpath" > "$tempdir/process-logpath"
-        ynh_replace_vars --file="$tempdir/process-logpath"
-        logpath="$(cat "$tempdir/process-logpath")"
-        rm -r "$tempdir"
+        logpath=$(grep logpath "/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/$app.conf" | sed "s/ //g" | sed "s/logpath=//g")
     fi
 
     # Create the folder and logfile if they doesn't exist,