diff --git a/cmd/virt-launcher/virt-launcher.go b/cmd/virt-launcher/virt-launcher.go
index 007a450fe5d7..75bf79510b71 100644
--- a/cmd/virt-launcher/virt-launcher.go
+++ b/cmd/virt-launcher/virt-launcher.go
@@ -77,19 +77,6 @@ func startCmdServer(socketPath string,
 	domainManager virtwrap.DomainManager,
 	stopChan chan struct{},
 	options *cmdserver.ServerOptions) chan struct{} {
-
-	err := os.RemoveAll(socketPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Log.Reason(err).Error("Could not clean up virt-launcher cmd socket")
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
-	err = os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(socketPath), 0755)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Log.Reason(err).Error("Could not create directory for socket.")
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
 	done, err := cmdserver.RunServer(socketPath, domainManager, stopChan, options)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Log.Reason(err).Error("Failed to start virt-launcher cmd server")
diff --git a/pkg/util/net/grpc/grpc.go b/pkg/util/net/grpc/grpc.go
index 3b1b68a2a78a..a373c8de366f 100644
--- a/pkg/util/net/grpc/grpc.go
+++ b/pkg/util/net/grpc/grpc.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func CreateSocket(socketPath string) (net.Listener, error) {
 
 	err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(socketPath), 0755)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Log.Reason(err).Error("unable to create directory for unix socket")
+		log.Log.Reason(err).Errorf("unable to create directory for unix socket %v", socketPath)
 		return nil, err
 	}