diff --git a/www/conservancy/settings.py b/www/conservancy/settings.py
index 4d23f849e2ad61e12817ca55280d8ef4b83edb70..774bc8353aecf7a00c51dc6d6463af2ff62502c3 100644
--- a/www/conservancy/settings.py
+++ b/www/conservancy/settings.py
@@ -34,13 +34,6 @@ REDIRECT_TABLE = {
     'www.sf-conservancy.org': 'sfconservancy.org',
 }
 
-_root_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
-    os.path.join(_root_dir, 'templates'),
-    os.path.join(_root_dir, 'static'),
-)
-del _root_dir
-
 LOGGING = {
     'version': 1,
     'disable_existing_loggers': False,