diff --git a/netdata.cppcheck b/netdata.cppcheck
index 49bb443ba0..245c7a005f 100644
--- a/netdata.cppcheck
+++ b/netdata.cppcheck
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="1">
-    <root name="/home/costa/src/netdata-ktsaou.git/src"/>
     <builddir>cppcheck-build</builddir>
     <includedir>
         <dir name=".."/>