diff --git a/launcher/minecraft/mod/DataPack.h b/launcher/minecraft/mod/DataPack.h
index ac6408bde..2943dd4bc 100644
--- a/launcher/minecraft/mod/DataPack.h
+++ b/launcher/minecraft/mod/DataPack.h
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ class DataPack : public Resource {
     [[nodiscard]] int compare(Resource const& other, SortType type) const override;
     [[nodiscard]] bool applyFilter(QRegularExpression filter) const override;
 
-    virtual QString directory() { return "/data"; }
-
    protected:
     mutable QMutex m_data_lock;
 
diff --git a/launcher/minecraft/mod/ResourcePack.h b/launcher/minecraft/mod/ResourcePack.h
index 494bdee97..9345e9c27 100644
--- a/launcher/minecraft/mod/ResourcePack.h
+++ b/launcher/minecraft/mod/ResourcePack.h
@@ -23,6 +23,4 @@ class ResourcePack : public DataPack {
 
     /** Gets, respectively, the lower and upper versions supported by the set pack format. */
     std::pair<Version, Version> compatibleVersions() const override;
-
-    QString directory() override { return "/assets"; }
 };
diff --git a/launcher/minecraft/mod/tasks/LocalDataPackParseTask.cpp b/launcher/minecraft/mod/tasks/LocalDataPackParseTask.cpp
index c37a25c21..c63e0c65f 100644
--- a/launcher/minecraft/mod/tasks/LocalDataPackParseTask.cpp
+++ b/launcher/minecraft/mod/tasks/LocalDataPackParseTask.cpp
@@ -73,11 +73,6 @@ bool processFolder(DataPack* pack, ProcessingLevel level)
         return mcmeta_invalid();  // mcmeta file isn't a valid file
     }
 
-    QFileInfo data_dir_info(FS::PathCombine(pack->fileinfo().filePath(), pack->directory()));
-    if (!data_dir_info.exists() || !data_dir_info.isDir()) {
-        return false;  // data dir does not exists or isn't valid
-    }
-
     if (level == ProcessingLevel::BasicInfoOnly) {
         return true;  // only need basic info already checked
     }
@@ -141,11 +136,6 @@ bool processZIP(DataPack* pack, ProcessingLevel level)
         return mcmeta_invalid();  // could not set pack.mcmeta as current file.
     }
 
-    QuaZipDir zipDir(&zip);
-    if (!zipDir.exists(pack->directory())) {
-        return false;  // data dir does not exists at zip root
-    }
-
     if (level == ProcessingLevel::BasicInfoOnly) {
         zip.close();
         return true;  // only need basic info already checked