diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/edu/harvard/hms/dbmi/avillach/hpds/processing/GenomicProcessorNodeImpl.java b/processing/src/main/java/edu/harvard/hms/dbmi/avillach/hpds/processing/GenomicProcessorNodeImpl.java
index 3321f4ca..f1cb8ca1 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/edu/harvard/hms/dbmi/avillach/hpds/processing/GenomicProcessorNodeImpl.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/edu/harvard/hms/dbmi/avillach/hpds/processing/GenomicProcessorNodeImpl.java
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ public GenomicProcessorNodeImpl(String genomicDataDirectory) {
                             throw new RuntimeException(e);
                         }
                     });
-            this.variantMetadataIndex.updateStorageDirectory(genomicDataDirectoryFile);
         } else {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Not a valid genomicDataDirectory: " + this.genomicDataDirectory);
         }