diff --git a/archiva-jetty/src/main/assembly/bin.xml b/archiva-jetty/src/main/assembly/bin.xml
index 34bfe48d4..23fe710f2 100644
--- a/archiva-jetty/src/main/assembly/bin.xml
+++ b/archiva-jetty/src/main/assembly/bin.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
   <formats>
     <format>tar.gz</format>
     <format>zip</format>
-    <format>dir</format>
   </formats>
   <fileSets>
     <fileSet>