diff --git a/SConscript b/SConscript
index b7ee121..308dfe0 100644
--- a/SConscript
+++ b/SConscript
@@ -509,8 +509,6 @@ if 'TOOLS' in config:
 env = Environment(tools = tools, variables = vars, ENV = os.environ)
 env['RECIPES_FOLDERS'] = [Dir('recipes')]
 env['SYSTEM_CACHE_DIR'] = os.path.join(_find_system_cache_dir(), 'spp_cache')
-env['CLONE_DIR'] = os.path.join(env['SYSTEM_CACHE_DIR'], 'cloned')
-env['DOWNLOAD_DIR'] = os.path.join(env['SYSTEM_CACHE_DIR'], 'downloaded')
 env['UPDATE_REPOSITORIES'] = update_repositories
 env['CXX_STANDARD'] = config['CXX_STANDARD']  # make it available to everyone
 env['DEPS_CFLAGS'] = []