diff --git a/libs/entitlement/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/initialization/EntitlementInitialization.java b/libs/entitlement/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/initialization/EntitlementInitialization.java
index 6c9e12fd984fe..b45fe5230aee6 100644
--- a/libs/entitlement/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/initialization/EntitlementInitialization.java
+++ b/libs/entitlement/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/initialization/EntitlementInitialization.java
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ private static PolicyManager createPolicyManager() {
                     new FilesEntitlement(
                         List.of(
                             // Base ES directories
-                            FileData.ofPath(bootstrapArgs.tempDir(), READ_WRITE),
                             FileData.ofPath(bootstrapArgs.configDir(), READ),
                             FileData.ofPath(bootstrapArgs.logsDir(), READ_WRITE),
                             FileData.ofRelativePath(Path.of(""), DATA, READ_WRITE),
@@ -210,11 +209,7 @@ private static PolicyManager createPolicyManager() {
                     new LoadNativeLibrariesEntitlement(),
                     new ManageThreadsEntitlement(),
                     new FilesEntitlement(
-                        List.of(
-                            FileData.ofPath(bootstrapArgs.configDir(), READ),
-                            FileData.ofPath(bootstrapArgs.tempDir(), READ),
-                            FileData.ofRelativePath(Path.of(""), DATA, READ_WRITE)
-                        )
+                        List.of(FileData.ofPath(bootstrapArgs.configDir(), READ), FileData.ofRelativePath(Path.of(""), DATA, READ_WRITE))
                     )
                 )
             ),