diff --git a/dependency-reduced-pom.xml b/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
index 13b612c1a..23f2ce4ed 100644
--- a/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
+++ b/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
     <url>https://github.com/lwhite1/tablesaw</url>
   </scm>
   <build>
-    <directory>/Users/larrywhite/IdeaProjects/tablesaw_target</directory>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8089b6428..4bab39a5d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         </snapshotRepository>
     </distributionManagement>
     <build>
-        <directory>/Users/larrywhite/IdeaProjects/tablesaw_target</directory>
+        <!-- <directory>/Users/larrywhite/IdeaProjects/tablesaw_target</directory> -->
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>