diff --git a/packaging/makeself/jobs/81-netdata-runtime-check.sh b/packaging/makeself/jobs/81-netdata-runtime-check.sh
index 6cfef0ef7d..b1db529a7a 100755
--- a/packaging/makeself/jobs/81-netdata-runtime-check.sh
+++ b/packaging/makeself/jobs/81-netdata-runtime-check.sh
@@ -26,5 +26,7 @@ fi
 
 trap - EXIT
 
+run rm -rv "${NETDATA_INSTALL_PATH}/var/lib/netdata" "${NETDATA_INSTALL_PATH}/var/cache/netdata"
+
 # shellcheck disable=SC2015
 [ "${GITHUB_ACTIONS}" = "true" ] && echo "::endgroup::" || true