diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2cbcb20..c0f9de7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<distroDirectory>${project.basedir}/distro</distroDirectory>
 		<serviceClass>DataPublishing</serviceClass>
 	</properties>