diff --git a/android/jni/com/mapswithme/platform/Platform.cpp b/android/jni/com/mapswithme/platform/Platform.cpp
index c29cdc1651..e21744a7ba 100644
--- a/android/jni/com/mapswithme/platform/Platform.cpp
+++ b/android/jni/com/mapswithme/platform/Platform.cpp
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ void Platform::Initialize(JNIEnv * env, jobject functorProcessObject, jstring ap
 
   m_isTablet = isTablet;
   m_resourcesDir = jni::ToNativeString(env, apkPath);
-  m_privateDir = jni::ToNativeString(env, privatePath);
   m_tmpDir = jni::ToNativeString(env, tmpPath);
   SetWritableDir(jni::ToNativeString(env, writablePath));
   LOG(LINFO, ("Apk path = ", m_resourcesDir));
diff --git a/platform/platform.hpp b/platform/platform.hpp
index 0f7eda3920..53c6e2338b 100644
--- a/platform/platform.hpp
+++ b/platform/platform.hpp
@@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ protected:
   /// Writable directory to store downloaded map data
   /// @note on some systems it can point to external ejectable storage
   std::string m_writableDir;
-  /// Application private directory.
-  std::string m_privateDir;
   /// Temporary directory, can be cleaned up by the system
   std::string m_tmpDir;
   /// Writable directory to store persistent application data
@@ -189,9 +187,6 @@ public:
   /// @return full path to file in the settings directory
   std::string SettingsPathForFile(std::string const & file) const { return SettingsDir() + file; }
 
-  /// Returns application private directory.
-  std::string const & PrivateDir() const { return m_privateDir; }
-
   /// @return reader for file decriptor.
   /// @throws FileAbsentException
   /// @param[in] file name or full path which we want to read
diff --git a/platform/platform_ios.mm b/platform/platform_ios.mm
index 8d15747cbe..5ff78de53b 100644
--- a/platform/platform_ios.mm
+++ b/platform/platform_ios.mm
@@ -49,11 +49,6 @@ Platform::Platform()
   m_writableDir += "/";
   m_settingsDir = m_writableDir;
 
-  auto privatePaths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSApplicationSupportDirectory,
-                                                          NSUserDomainMask, YES);
-  m_privateDir = privatePaths.firstObject.UTF8String;
-  m_privateDir +=  "/";
-
   NSString * tmpDir = NSTemporaryDirectory();
   if (tmpDir)
     m_tmpDir = tmpDir.UTF8String;
diff --git a/platform/platform_linux.cpp b/platform/platform_linux.cpp
index d95bffccf0..a88a4b5d7d 100644
--- a/platform/platform_linux.cpp
+++ b/platform/platform_linux.cpp
@@ -140,8 +140,6 @@ Platform::Platform()
   }
   m_tmpDir += '/';
 
-  m_privateDir = m_settingsDir;
-
   m_guiThread = make_unique<platform::GuiThread>();
 
   LOG(LDEBUG, ("Resources directory:", m_resourcesDir));
diff --git a/platform/platform_mac.mm b/platform/platform_mac.mm
index bf1c463db4..16f2b8de9b 100644
--- a/platform/platform_mac.mm
+++ b/platform/platform_mac.mm
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Platform::Platform()
     for (auto const & path : paths)
     {
       if (IsFileExistsByFullPath(path))
-      {
+    {
         m_writableDir = path;
         break;
       }
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ Platform::Platform()
   m_writableDir = base::AddSlashIfNeeded(m_writableDir);
 
   m_settingsDir = m_writableDir;
-  m_privateDir = m_writableDir;
 
   NSString * tempDir = NSTemporaryDirectory();
   if (tempDir == nil)