diff --git a/cron/scripts/website-update.sh b/cron/scripts/website-update.sh
index 7e202b43ad3962ad313c69d4ec94625cc666400c..7c5812d6e8ba7ffce4d72795f91ca836a523b0ef 100755
--- a/cron/scripts/website-update.sh
+++ b/cron/scripts/website-update.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 set -e
 set -u
 
-SITEDIR=~/website
 PRODUCTION_BRANCH=master
 
 git_rev_name() {
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ git_rev_name() {
 
 # If the checkout is not on the production branch,
 # assume maintenance is happening and stop.
-cd "$SITEDIR"
 if [ "$(git_rev_name HEAD)" != "$PRODUCTION_BRANCH" ]; then
     exit 0
 fi