diff --git a/start-onos-embedded.sh b/start-onos-embedded.sh
index afecfe8..027f09d 100755
--- a/start-onos-embedded.sh
+++ b/start-onos-embedded.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 ONOS_LOG="${LOGDIR}/onos.`hostname`.log"
 PCAP_LOG="${LOGDIR}/onos.`hostname`.pcap"
 LOGS="$ONOS_LOG $PCAP_LOG"
-CASSANDRA_DIR=${HOME}/apache-cassandra-1.2.4
 
 # Set JVM options
 JVM_OPTS=""