diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b72607cb0..33e3c38f2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,14 +4,22 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [20.8.4] - Unreleased
 ### Added
 ### Changed
+* Changed defaults for installation locations [#1662](https://github.com/greenbone/gvmd/pull/1662)
+    * SYSCONFDIR is /etc by default now
+    * LOCALSTATEDIR is /var by default now
+    * GVM_RUN_DIR is /run/gvm by default now
+    * OPENVAS_DEFAULT_SOCKET is /run/ospd/ospd-openvas.sock by default now
+    * SYSTEMD_SERVICE_DIR is /lib/systemd/system by default now
+    * Removed gvmd.default file and adjusted gvmd.service file accordingly
+
 ### Deprecated
 ### Removed
 ### Fixed
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/greenbone/gvmd/compare/v20.8.3...HEAD
+[20.8.4]: https://github.com/greenbone/gvmd/compare/v20.8.3...gvmd-20.08
 
 
 ## [20.8.3] - 2021-08-03
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index aae1e23a1..c5ff9b527 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ if (SYSCONF_INSTALL_DIR)
 endif (SYSCONF_INSTALL_DIR)
 
 if (NOT SYSCONFDIR)
-  set (SYSCONFDIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/etc")
+  set (SYSCONFDIR "/etc")
 endif (NOT SYSCONFDIR)
 
 if (NOT EXEC_PREFIX)
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ if (NOT LIBDIR)
 endif (NOT LIBDIR)
 
 if (NOT LOCALSTATEDIR)
-  set (LOCALSTATEDIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/var")
+  set (LOCALSTATEDIR "/var")
 endif (NOT LOCALSTATEDIR)
 
 if (NOT DATADIR)
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ set (GVM_CLIENT_KEY          "${GVM_STATE_DIR}/private/CA/clientkey.pem")
 set (GVM_CA_CERTIFICATE      "${GVM_STATE_DIR}/CA/cacert.pem")
 
 if (NOT GVM_RUN_DIR)
-  set (GVM_RUN_DIR      "${LOCALSTATEDIR}/run")
+  set (GVM_RUN_DIR      "/run/gvm")
 endif (NOT GVM_RUN_DIR)
 
 if (NOT GVM_FEED_LOCK_PATH)
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ endif (NOT GVM_FEED_LOCK_PATH)
 add_definitions (-DGVM_FEED_LOCK_PATH="${GVM_FEED_LOCK_PATH}")
 
 if (NOT OPENVAS_DEFAULT_SOCKET)
-  set (OPENVAS_DEFAULT_SOCKET "/var/run/ospd/ospd.sock")
+  set (OPENVAS_DEFAULT_SOCKET "/run/ospd/ospd-openvas.sock")
 endif (NOT OPENVAS_DEFAULT_SOCKET)
 add_definitions (-DOPENVAS_DEFAULT_SOCKET="${OPENVAS_DEFAULT_SOCKET}")
 
diff --git a/config/CMakeLists.txt b/config/CMakeLists.txt
index b0524aba8..015bd98cb 100644
--- a/config/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/config/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,26 +17,18 @@
 
 
 if (NOT SYSTEMD_SERVICE_DIR)
-  set (SYSTEMD_SERVICE_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/systemd/system")
+  set (SYSTEMD_SERVICE_DIR "/lib/systemd/system")
 endif (NOT SYSTEMD_SERVICE_DIR)
 
-if (NOT DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR)
-  set (DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/etc/default")
-endif (NOT DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR)
-
 if (NOT LOGROTATE_DIR)
-  set (LOGROTATE_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/etc/logrotate.d")
+  set (LOGROTATE_DIR "${SYSCONFDIR}/logrotate.d")
 endif (NOT LOGROTATE_DIR)
 
 configure_file (gvmd.service.in gvmd.service)
 configure_file (gvmd.logrotate.in gvmd.logrotate)
-configure_file (gvmd.default.in gvmd.default)
 
 install (FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/gvmd.service
          DESTINATION ${SYSTEMD_SERVICE_DIR}/)
 
-install (FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/gvmd.default
-         DESTINATION ${DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR}/ RENAME gvmd)
-
 install (FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/gvmd.logrotate
          DESTINATION ${LOGROTATE_DIR}/ RENAME gvmd)
diff --git a/config/gvmd.default.in b/config/gvmd.default.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 28c96744b..000000000
--- a/config/gvmd.default.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#
-# The user for running the gvmd in the gvmd.service systemd file
-#
-GVMD_USER="gvm"
-
-#
-# The group for running the gvmd in the gvmd.service systemd file
-#
-GVMD_GROUP="gvm"
-
-#
-# Unix socket for OSP NVT update (--osp-vt-update)
-#
-OSP_VT_UPDATE="${OPENVAS_DEFAULT_SOCKET}"
-
-#
-# Additional options
-#
-OPTIONS=""
diff --git a/config/gvmd.service.in b/config/gvmd.service.in
index 3f47b8639..e708952fa 100644
--- a/config/gvmd.service.in
+++ b/config/gvmd.service.in
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ ConditionKernelCommandLine=!recovery
 
 [Service]
 Type=forking
-User=$GVMD_USER
-Group=$GVMD_GROUP
+User=gvm
+Group=gvm
 PIDFile=${GVM_RUN_DIR}/gvmd.pid
+RuntimeDirectory=gvm
+RuntimeDirectoryMode=2775
 EnvironmentFile=${DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR}/gvmd
-ExecStart=${SBINDIR}/gvmd --osp-vt-update=$OSP_VT_UPDATE $OPTIONS
+ExecStart=${SBINDIR}/gvmd --osp-vt-update=/run/ospd/ospd-openvas.sock --listen-group=gvm
 Restart=always
 TimeoutStopSec=10