diff --git a/cmake_targets/build_oai b/cmake_targets/build_oai
index f7981650e46ba0a97ff47f71e6bb6ee19c5ec46b..379c9b5cfb678bcfe28f756541aa6302963eda17 100755
--- a/cmake_targets/build_oai
+++ b/cmake_targets/build_oai
@@ -537,11 +537,6 @@ function main() {
     echo_info "Erased all previously producted files"
   fi
 
-  # for historical reasons we build in a subdirectory cmake_targets/XYZ/build,
-  # e.g., cmake_targets/ran_build/build, hence the ../../..
-  CMAKE_CMD="$CMAKE_CMD ../../.."
-  echo_info "CMAKE_CMD=$CMAKE_CMD"
-
   dbin=$OPENAIR_DIR/targets/bin
   dlog=$OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/log
   mkdir -p $dbin $dlog