diff --git a/modules/react-native-status/android/src/main/java/im/status/ethereum/module/StatusModule.java b/modules/react-native-status/android/src/main/java/im/status/ethereum/module/StatusModule.java
index f4a76fe01a..6f8647c930 100644
--- a/modules/react-native-status/android/src/main/java/im/status/ethereum/module/StatusModule.java
+++ b/modules/react-native-status/android/src/main/java/im/status/ethereum/module/StatusModule.java
@@ -197,9 +197,6 @@ class StatusModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule implements LifecycleEventL
             jsonConfig.put("KeyStoreDir", newKeystoreDir);
             String gethLogPath = dataFolder + "/" + gethLogFileName;
             File logFile = new File(gethLogPath);
-            if (logFile.exists()) {
-                logFile.delete();
-            }
             try {
                 logFile.setReadable(true);
                 File parent = logFile.getParentFile();
diff --git a/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/RCTStatus.m b/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/RCTStatus.m
index bae782aecc..edeb232088 100644
--- a/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/RCTStatus.m
+++ b/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/RCTStatus.m
@@ -211,9 +211,6 @@ RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(startNode:(NSString *)configString) {
     }
     NSString *resultingConfig = [resultingConfigJson bv_jsonStringWithPrettyPrint:NO];
     NSLog(@"node config %@", resultingConfig);
-    if([fileManager fileExistsAtPath:logUrl.path]) {
-        [fileManager removeItemAtPath:logUrl.path error:nil];
-    }
     
     if(![fileManager fileExistsAtPath:networkDirUrl.path]) {
         [fileManager createDirectoryAtPath:networkDirUrl.path withIntermediateDirectories:YES attributes:nil error:nil];