diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties
index b156f7b6c..0b17e7db5 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties
@@ -6,11 +6,8 @@ max.download.threads=3
 #temp.directory defaults to System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir")
 #temp.directory=[path to temp directory]
 
-# the path to the data directory; if tis
+# the path to the data directory
 data.directory=[JAR]/data
-# the path to the h2 database to store the nvd cve data
-data.cve=cve
-
 
 # the path to the cpe xml file
 cpe.url=http://static.nvd.nist.gov/feeds/xml/cpe/dictionary/official-cpe-dictionary_v2.2.xml.gz