diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bcdba3d..0fd0aa6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ docker create \
 	--net=host \
 	-e VERSION=plexpass \
 	-e PUID=<UID> -e PGID=<GID> \
-	-v </path/to/transcode>:/transcode \
 	-v </path/to/library>:/config \
 	-v <path/to/tvseries>:/data/tvshows \
 	-v </path/to/movies>:/data/movies \
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ docker create \
 
 * `--net=host` - Shares host networking with container, **required**.
 * `-v /config` - Plex library location. *This can grow very large, 50gb+ is likely for a large collection.*
-* `-v /transcode` *(optional)* - Transcode directory to offload heavy writes in a docker container.
 * `-v /data/xyz` - Media goes here. Add as many as needed e.g. `/data/movies`, `/data/tv`, etc.
 * `-e VERSION=` - *(optional)* - Permits specific version selection e.g. `0.9.12.4.1192-9a47d21`, also supports `plexpass` or `latest`
 * `-e PGID=` for for GroupID - see below for explanation
diff --git a/init/15_fix_for_transcode.sh b/init/15_fix_for_transcode.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index b13e7a2..0000000
--- a/init/15_fix_for_transcode.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-chown -c abc:abc /transcode
diff --git a/plexmediaserver b/plexmediaserver
index 0df302f..071c896 100644
--- a/plexmediaserver
+++ b/plexmediaserver
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_MAX_PLUGIN_PROCS=6
 # ulimit -s $PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_MAX_STACK_SIZE
 PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_MAX_STACK_SIZE=3000
 
-# where the mediaserver should store the transcodes
-PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_TMPDIR=/transcode
-
 # uncomment to set it to something else
 PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR="/config/Library/Application Support"