diff --git a/docker/neutron/neutron-base/config-neutron.sh b/docker/neutron/neutron-base/config-neutron.sh
index 9d88af35e2..18f5ffc968 100644
--- a/docker/neutron/neutron-base/config-neutron.sh
+++ b/docker/neutron/neutron-base/config-neutron.sh
@@ -30,9 +30,8 @@ set -e
 # Paste configuration file
 : ${API_PASTE_CONFIG:=/usr/share/neutron/api-paste.ini}
 
-check_required_vars NEUTRON_KEYSTONE_PASSWORD NEUTRON_LOG_DIR \
-                    KEYSTONE_PUBLIC_SERVICE_HOST RABBITMQ_SERVICE_HOST \
-                    NEUTRON_API_PASTE_CONFIG
+check_required_vars NEUTRON_KEYSTONE_PASSWORD NEUTRON_API_PASTE_CONFIG \
+                    KEYSTONE_PUBLIC_SERVICE_HOST RABBITMQ_SERVICE_HOST
 
 core_cfg=/etc/neutron/neutron.conf
 ml2_cfg=/etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini
diff --git a/docker/neutron/neutron-server/start.sh b/docker/neutron/neutron-server/start.sh
index 0a2b81872b..23ff63a87e 100755
--- a/docker/neutron/neutron-server/start.sh
+++ b/docker/neutron/neutron-server/start.sh
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ check_required_vars KEYSTONE_ADMIN_TOKEN KEYSTONE_ADMIN_SERVICE_HOST \
                     NEUTRON_DB_NAME NEUTRON_DB_USER NEUTRON_DB_PASSWORD \
                     NEUTRON_KEYSTONE_USER NEUTRON_KEYSTONE_PASSWORD \
                     ADMIN_TENANT_NAME NEUTRON_SERVER_SERVICE_HOST \
-                    PUBLIC_IP NEUTRON_DB_PASSWORD NEUTRON_SERVER_LOG_FILE
-
+                    PUBLIC_IP NEUTRON_DB_PASSWORD
 fail_unless_os_service_running keystone
 fail_unless_db
 
diff --git a/docker/nova-base/config-nova.sh b/docker/nova-base/config-nova.sh
index f8a9c44a5c..2912d0b588 100755
--- a/docker/nova-base/config-nova.sh
+++ b/docker/nova-base/config-nova.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ check_required_vars KEYSTONE_ADMIN_TOKEN NOVA_DB_PASSWORD \
                     RABBITMQ_SERVICE_HOST GLANCE_API_SERVICE_HOST \
                     KEYSTONE_PUBLIC_SERVICE_HOST PUBLIC_IP \
                     PUBLIC_INTERFACE FLAT_INTERFACE DEBUG_LOGGING \
-                    VERBOSE_LOGGING NOVA_LOG_DIR
+                    VERBOSE_LOGGING
 
 cfg=/etc/nova/nova.conf
 
diff --git a/docker/nova-compute/nova-compute/config-nova-compute.sh b/docker/nova-compute/nova-compute/config-nova-compute.sh
index 62e40701f6..6235e5426e 100755
--- a/docker/nova-compute/nova-compute/config-nova-compute.sh
+++ b/docker/nova-compute/nova-compute/config-nova-compute.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 
 cfg=/etc/nova/nova.conf
 
-check_required_vars NOVA_COMPUTE_LOG_FILE
-
 # configure logging
 crudini --set $cfg DEFAULT log_file "${NOVA_COMPUTE_LOG_FILE}"
 
diff --git a/docker/nova-compute/nova-network/config-nova-network.sh b/docker/nova-compute/nova-network/config-nova-network.sh
index 05013bde23..f8e036fdac 100755
--- a/docker/nova-compute/nova-network/config-nova-network.sh
+++ b/docker/nova-compute/nova-network/config-nova-network.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 . /opt/kolla/config-nova.sh
 
-check_required_vars NOVA_NETWORK_LOG_FILE
-
 cfg=/etc/nova/nova.conf
 
 # configure logging
diff --git a/docker/nova-controller/nova-api/start.sh b/docker/nova-controller/nova-api/start.sh
index eab97474ce..5f615ed50f 100755
--- a/docker/nova-controller/nova-api/start.sh
+++ b/docker/nova-controller/nova-api/start.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ set -e
 check_required_vars KEYSTONE_ADMIN_TOKEN KEYSTONE_ADMIN_SERVICE_HOST \
                     NOVA_KEYSTONE_USER NOVA_KEYSTONE_PASSWORD \
                     ADMIN_TENANT_NAME NOVA_API_SERVICE_HOST \
-                    NOVA_EC2_API_SERVICE_HOST PUBLIC_IP NOVA_DB_NAME \
-                    NOVA_API_LOG_FILE
+                    NOVA_EC2_API_SERVICE_HOST PUBLIC_IP NOVA_DB_NAME
 fail_unless_os_service_running keystone
 fail_unless_db $NOVA_DB_NAME
 
diff --git a/docker/nova-controller/nova-conductor/start.sh b/docker/nova-controller/nova-conductor/start.sh
index a1b5957e8c..fa4bbd69a1 100755
--- a/docker/nova-controller/nova-conductor/start.sh
+++ b/docker/nova-controller/nova-conductor/start.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ set -e
 
 . /opt/kolla/config-nova.sh
 
-check_required_vars NOVA_DB_NAME NOVA_DB_USER NOVA_DB_PASSWORD \
-                    NOVA_CONDUCTOR_LOG_FILE
+check_required_vars NOVA_DB_NAME NOVA_DB_USER NOVA_DB_PASSWORD
 fail_unless_db
 
 cfg=/etc/nova/nova.conf
diff --git a/docker/nova-controller/nova-scheduler/start.sh b/docker/nova-controller/nova-scheduler/start.sh
index 5be5e4e80b..bd093d01cc 100755
--- a/docker/nova-controller/nova-scheduler/start.sh
+++ b/docker/nova-controller/nova-scheduler/start.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -e
 
 . /opt/kolla/config-nova.sh
 
-check_required_vars NOVA_DB_NAME NOVA_SCHEDULER_LOG_FILE
+check_required_vars NOVA_DB_NAME
 fail_unless_db $NOVA_DB_NAME
 
 cfg=/etc/nova/nova.conf