diff --git a/app/carnival-core/build.gradle b/app/carnival-core/build.gradle
index 48b410f..73fccb0 100644
--- a/app/carnival-core/build.gradle
+++ b/app/carnival-core/build.gradle
@@ -155,39 +155,6 @@ compileGroovy {
 
 
 
-///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// TASKS - CLI
-///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-task carnivalLocalDirInit (type: JavaExec) {
-    description 'Run CarnivalLocalDirInit script to initilize the CARNIVAL_HOME directory'
-
-    mainClass = 'carnival.core.cli.CarnivalLocalDirInit'
-    classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
-    standardInput = System.in
-
-    if (System.getProperty('carnival.home')) {
-        systemProperty('carnival.home', System.getProperty('carnival.home'))
-        systemProperty('logback.configurationFile', System.getProperty('carnival.home') + '/config/logback.xml')
-    }
-    if (System.getenv('CARNIVAL_HOME')) {
-        systemProperty('carnival.home', System.getenv('CARNIVAL_HOME'))
-        systemProperty('logback.configurationFile', System.getenv('CARNIVAL_HOME') + '/config/logback.xml')
-    }
-    if (System.getProperty('logback.configurationFile')) {
-        systemProperty("logback.configurationFile", System.getProperty('logback.configurationFile'))
-    } else if (System.getenv('CARNIVAL_LOGBACK_CONFIG')) {
-        systemProperty("logback.configurationFile", System.getenv('CARNIVAL_LOGBACK_CONFIG'))
-    }
-    if (!(System.getProperty('carnival.home') || System.getenv('CARNIVAL_HOME'))) {
-        ant.echo "WARNING: Carnival home is not set. Use command line argument -Dcarnival.home= or environment variable CARNIVAL_HOME. See documentation."
-        if (!(System.getProperty('logback.configurationFile') || System.getenv('CARNIVAL_LOGBACK_CONFIG'))) {
-            ant.echo "WARNING: Logback configuration file not set. Use the -D command line argument like -Dlogback.configurationFile=/path/to/file.xml.  Or, set the environment variable CARNIVAL_LOGBACK_CONFIG to /path/to/file.xml. See documentation."
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-test.dependsOn 'carnivalLocalDirInit'
-
 
 /*
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/app/carnival-core/src/main/groovy/carnival/core/cli/CarnivalLocalDirInit.groovy b/app/carnival-core/src/main/groovy/carnival/core/cli/CarnivalLocalDirInit.groovy
deleted file mode 100644
index 350f671..0000000
--- a/app/carnival-core/src/main/groovy/carnival/core/cli/CarnivalLocalDirInit.groovy
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-package carnival.core.cli
-
-
-
-import carnival.core.config.Defaults
-
-
-
-/**
- * Create the directory structure in the default location.
- *
- * Run:
- * gradle carnivalLocalDirInit
- */
-class CarnivalLocalDirInit {
-
-    /**
-     * Create the directory structure in the default location.
-     *
-     */
-    static void main(String[] args) {
-        Defaults.initDirectories()
-    }
-}