diff --git a/forrest.properties b/forrest.properties
index 2ff8c06..c3f9145 100644
--- a/forrest.properties
+++ b/forrest.properties
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 
 # A local OASIS catalog file to supplement the default Forrest catalog
 #project.catalog=${project.schema-dir}/catalog.xcat
-project.catalog=/usr/share/sgml/docbook/xmlcatalog
 
 # The verbosity level for the entity resolver (1..10)
 #forrest.catalog.verbosity=1