diff --git a/create_seed_checkpoint.sh b/create_seed_checkpoint.sh
index 3dfbde71..77185bfc 100755
--- a/create_seed_checkpoint.sh
+++ b/create_seed_checkpoint.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 set -ex
 
-TRAINER_DIR=${1:-/home/$USER/local/torchtitan}
 NGPU=1
 LOG_RANK=0
 CONFIG_FILE=${CONFIG_FILE:-"./train_configs/debug_model.toml"}
diff --git a/run_llama_train.sh b/run_llama_train.sh
index 8da1ebda..a4107806 100755
--- a/run_llama_train.sh
+++ b/run_llama_train.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ set -ex
 # e.g.
 # LOG_RANK=0,1 NGPU=4 ./run_llama_train.sh
 NGPU=${NGPU:-"8"}
-TRAINER_DIR=${TRAINER_DIR:-/home/$USER/local/torchtitan}
 LOG_RANK=${LOG_RANK:-0}
 CONFIG_FILE=${CONFIG_FILE:-"./train_configs/debug_model.toml"}
 
diff --git a/run_memory_estimation.sh b/run_memory_estimation.sh
index f58b089a..02148b84 100755
--- a/run_memory_estimation.sh
+++ b/run_memory_estimation.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ set -ex
 # NGPU=4 ./run_memory_estimation.sh
 NGPU=${NGPU:-"8"}
 NNODES=${NNODES:-"1"}
-TRAINER_DIR=${TRAINER_DIR:-/home/$USER/local/torchtitan}
 CONFIG_FILE=${CONFIG_FILE:-"./train_configs/debug_model.toml"}
 
 overrides=""