diff --git a/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKStoneDirectorySpec.class/class/root.projectsHome.gemstone..st b/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKStoneDirectorySpec.class/class/root.projectsHome.gemstone..st
deleted file mode 100644
index d04c6254..00000000
--- a/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKStoneDirectorySpec.class/class/root.projectsHome.gemstone..st
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-instance creation
-root: aFileReferenceOrPath projectsHome: aProjectsHome gemstone: gemstonePath
-	"if aFileReferenceOrPath exists, it will be deleted and recreated ... empty"
-
-	^ self new
-		root: aFileReferenceOrPath asFileReference
-			projectsHome: aProjectsHome
-			gemstone: gemstonePath;
-		yourself
diff --git a/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKStoneDirectorySpec.class/instance/initializeForExport.st b/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKStoneDirectorySpec.class/instance/initializeForExport.st
index 68b36c76..8f64edc3 100644
--- a/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKStoneDirectorySpec.class/instance/initializeForExport.st
+++ b/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKStoneDirectorySpec.class/instance/initializeForExport.st
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-export
-initializeForExport
-	root ifNotNil: [ root := root pathString ]
+other
+initializeForExport
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKStoneDirectorySpec.class/instance/initializeForImport.st b/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKStoneDirectorySpec.class/instance/initializeForImport.st
index bb83bc77..14b9a5fe 100644
--- a/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKStoneDirectorySpec.class/instance/initializeForImport.st
+++ b/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKStoneDirectorySpec.class/instance/initializeForImport.st
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 export
-initializeForImport
-	root ifNotNil: [ root := root asFileReference ]
+initializeForImport
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKStoneDirectorySpec.class/instance/root.projectsHome.gemstone..st b/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKStoneDirectorySpec.class/instance/root.projectsHome.gemstone..st
deleted file mode 100644
index 7cbdb4b9..00000000
--- a/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKStoneDirectorySpec.class/instance/root.projectsHome.gemstone..st
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-accessing
-root: aFileReference projectsHome: aProjectsHome gemstone: gemstonePath
-	root := aFileReference asFileReference.
-	root ensureDeleteAll.
-	aFileReference ensureCreateDirectory.
-	self projectsHome: aProjectsHome.
-	self gemstone: gemstonePath.
-	self class instVarNames
-		do: [ :iv | 
-			(#(#'root' #'projectHome' #'gemstone') includes: iv)
-				ifFalse: [ self perform: (iv , 'Dir') asSymbol ] ].
-	aFileReference / 'directorySpec.ston'
-		writeStreamDo: [ :stream | self exportToStream: stream ]
diff --git a/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKStoneDirectorySpec.class/instance/root.st b/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKStoneDirectorySpec.class/instance/root.st
deleted file mode 100644
index 82b4461d..00000000
--- a/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKStoneDirectorySpec.class/instance/root.st
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-accessing
-root
-	^ root
diff --git a/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKStoneDirectorySpec.class/properties.json b/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKStoneDirectorySpec.class/properties.json
index 97b567d4..58f61631 100644
--- a/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKStoneDirectorySpec.class/properties.json
+++ b/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKStoneDirectorySpec.class/properties.json
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 		 ],
 	"commentStamp" : "",
 	"instvars" : [
-		"root",
 		"dbfSource",
 		"backups",
 		"bin",
diff --git a/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKhomeStoneDirectorySpec.class/class/_defaultProjectsHome.st b/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKhomeStoneDirectorySpec.class/class/_defaultProjectsHome.st
deleted file mode 100644
index b9dda969..00000000
--- a/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKhomeStoneDirectorySpec.class/class/_defaultProjectsHome.st
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-private
-_defaultProjectsHome
-	^ '$GS_HOME/shared/repos'
diff --git a/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKhomeStoneDirectorySpec.class/class/root.gemstone..st b/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKhomeStoneDirectorySpec.class/class/root.gemstone..st
deleted file mode 100644
index 45763d72..00000000
--- a/src/GsDevKit_stones-Core.package/GDKhomeStoneDirectorySpec.class/class/root.gemstone..st
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-instance creation
-root: aFileReferenceOrPath gemstone: gemstonePath
-	"if aFileReferenceOrPath exists, it will be deleted and recreated ... empty"
-
-	^ self
-		root: aFileReferenceOrPath asFileReference
-		projectsHome: self _defaultProjectsHome
-		gemstone: gemstonePath