diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 5ddf13636061..abde63128e6f 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -5,6 +5,5 @@
   , "homepage": "http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/"
   , "author": "Twitter Inc."
   , "license": "Apache-2.0"
-  , "target-dir": "twitter/bootstrap"
 
 }