---
title: "Acquia Cloud - December 20, 2019"
date: "2025-09-12T05:57:24+00:00"
summary: "Acquia Cloud update: Important changes to config directories in Drupal 8.8.0. Learn how to update your settings."
image:
type: "announcement"
url: "/acquia-cloud-platform/release/2019-12-20/77016-acquia-cloud-december-20-2019"
id: "5f823d21-47aa-41fb-a1be-0d703cca5ce1"
---

Important

[Drupal 8.8.0](https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/8.8.0) deprecated `$config_directories`. The `sync` directory and `vcs` directory paths are now defined as values in the `$settings` array:

    $settings['config_sync_directory'] = 'your/config/sync/directory/path'
    $settings['config_vcs_directory'] = 'your/config/vcs/directory/path'