diff --git a/plugins/modules/logrotate.py b/plugins/modules/logrotate.py
index d376628ff7..43236bcfac 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/logrotate.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/logrotate.py
@@ -864,8 +864,8 @@ def main() -> None:
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=dict(
             name=dict(type="str", required=True, aliases=["config_name"]),
-            state=dict(type="str", default="present", choices=["present", "absent"]),
-            config_dir=dict(type="path", default="/etc/logrotate.d"),
+            state=dict(type="str", choices=["present", "absent"]),
+            config_dir=dict(type="path"),
             paths=dict(type="list", elements="path"),
             rotation_period=dict(
                 type="str",
@@ -920,6 +920,7 @@ def main() -> None:
     )
 
     logrotate_bin = module.get_bin_path("logrotate", required=True)
+
     logrotate_config = LogrotateConfig(module, logrotate_bin)
     result = logrotate_config.apply()
     module.exit_json(**result)