diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/js/GitConfigurationForm.js b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/js/GitConfigurationForm.js
index 630984ad87..be977c53f3 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/js/GitConfigurationForm.js
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/js/GitConfigurationForm.js
@@ -33,29 +33,19 @@ class GitConfigurationForm extends React.Component<Props, State> {
     this.state = { ...props.initialConfiguration };
   }
 
-  isValid = () => {
-    return !!this.state.repositoryDirectory;
-  };
 
   handleChange = (value: any, name: string) => {
     this.setState({
       [name]: value
-    }, () => this.props.onConfigurationChange(this.state, this.isValid()));
+    }, () => this.props.onConfigurationChange(this.state, true));
   };
 
   render() {
-    const { repositoryDirectory, gcExpression, disabled } = this.state;
+    const { gcExpression, disabled } = this.state;
     const { readOnly, t } = this.props;
 
     return (
       <>
-        <InputField name="repositoryDirectory"
-                    label={t("scm-git-plugin.config.directory")}
-                    helpText={t("scm-git-plugin.config.directoryHelpText")}
-                    value={repositoryDirectory}
-                    onChange={this.handleChange}
-                    disabled={readOnly}
-        />
         <InputField name="gcExpression"
                     label={t("scm-git-plugin.config.gcExpression")}
                     helpText={t("scm-git-plugin.config.gcExpressionHelpText")}
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/resources/locales/en/plugins.json b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/resources/locales/en/plugins.json
index 8cb801ac2c..483bff74c4 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/resources/locales/en/plugins.json
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/resources/locales/en/plugins.json
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
     "config": {
       "link": "Git",
       "title": "Git Configuration",
-      "directory": "Repository Directory",
-      "directoryHelpText": "Location of the Git repositories.",
       "gcExpression": "GC Cron Expression",
       "gcExpressionHelpText": "Use Quartz Cron Expressions (SECOND MINUTE HOUR DAYOFMONTH MONTH DAYOFWEEK) to run git gc in intervals.",
       "disabled": "Disabled",
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/js/HgConfigurationForm.js b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/js/HgConfigurationForm.js
index 2b6fc130bc..8a96ea1801 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/js/HgConfigurationForm.js
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/js/HgConfigurationForm.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ type Configuration = {
   "hgBinary": string,
   "pythonBinary": string,
   "pythonPath"?: string,
-  "repositoryDirectory": string,
   "encoding": string,
   "useOptimizedBytecode": boolean,
   "showRevisionInId": boolean,
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ class HgConfigurationForm extends React.Component<Props, State> {
 
   updateValidationStatus = () => {
     const requiredFields = [
-      "hgBinary", "pythonBinary", "repositoryDirectory", "encoding"
+      "hgBinary", "pythonBinary", "encoding"
     ];
 
     const validationErrors = [];
@@ -99,7 +98,6 @@ class HgConfigurationForm extends React.Component<Props, State> {
         {this.inputField("hgBinary")}
         {this.inputField("pythonBinary")}
         {this.inputField("pythonPath")}
-        {this.inputField("repositoryDirectory")}
         {this.inputField("encoding")}
         {this.checkbox("useOptimizedBytecode")}
         {this.checkbox("showRevisionInId")}
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/resources/locales/en/plugins.json b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/resources/locales/en/plugins.json
index 903f906c7e..504e7d3815 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/resources/locales/en/plugins.json
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/resources/locales/en/plugins.json
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
       "pythonBinaryHelpText": "Location of Python binary.",
       "pythonPath": "Python Module Search Path",
       "pythonPathHelpText": "Python Module Search Path (PYTHONPATH).",
-      "repositoryDirectory": "Repository directory",
-      "repositoryDirectoryHelpText": "Location of Mercurial repositories.",
       "encoding": "Encoding",
       "encodingHelpText": "Repository Encoding.",
       "useOptimizedBytecode": "Optimized Bytecode (.pyo)",
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/js/SvnConfigurationForm.js b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/js/SvnConfigurationForm.js
index 9470550ef2..3fde8c7888 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/js/SvnConfigurationForm.js
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/js/SvnConfigurationForm.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { translate } from "react-i18next";
 import { InputField, Checkbox, Select } from "@scm-manager/ui-components";
 
 type Configuration = {
-  repositoryDirectory: string,
   compatibility: string,
   enabledGZip: boolean,
   disabled: boolean,
@@ -31,14 +30,11 @@ class HgConfigurationForm extends React.Component<Props, State> {
     this.state = { ...props.initialConfiguration, validationErrors: [] };
   }
 
-  isValid = () => {
-    return !!this.state.repositoryDirectory;
-  };
 
   handleChange = (value: any, name: string) => {
     this.setState({
       [name]: value
-    }, () => this.props.onConfigurationChange(this.state, this.isValid()));
+    }, () => this.props.onConfigurationChange(this.state, true));
   };
 
   compatibilityOptions = (values: string[]) => {
@@ -64,16 +60,6 @@ class HgConfigurationForm extends React.Component<Props, State> {
 
     return (
       <>
-        <InputField
-          name="repositoryDirectory"
-          label={t("scm-svn-plugin.config.directory")}
-          helpText={t("scm-svn-plugin.config.directoryHelpText")}
-          value={this.state.repositoryDirectory}
-          errorMessage={t("scm-svn-plugin.config.required")}
-          validationError={!this.state.repositoryDirectory}
-          onChange={this.handleChange}
-          disabled={readOnly}
-        />
         <Select
           name="compatibility"
           label={t("scm-svn-plugin.config.compatibility")}
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/resources/locales/en/plugins.json b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/resources/locales/en/plugins.json
index 5181f76941..a446bb6f26 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/resources/locales/en/plugins.json
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/resources/locales/en/plugins.json
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
     "config": {
       "link": "Subversion",
       "title": "Subversion Configuration",
-      "directory": "Repository Directory",
-      "directoryHelpText": "Location of Subversion repositories.",
       "compatibility": "Version Compatibility",
       "compatibilityHelpText": "Specifies with which subversion version repositories are compatible.",
       "compatibility-values": {