diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/BuildScript.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/BuildScript.kt
index a6f756ca..12de136e 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/BuildScript.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/BuildScript.kt
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ import java.net.InetSocketAddress
 fun homeDir(vararg dirs: String) : String = SystemProperties.homeDir +
         File.separator + dirs.toMutableList().joinToString(File.separator)
 
-@Directive
-fun localMavenRepo() = homeDir(".m2" + File.separator + "repository/")
-
 @Directive
 fun file(file: String) : String = FileDependency.PREFIX_FILE + file