diff --git a/cmake/rocksdb_CMakeLists.txt.in b/cmake/rocksdb_CMakeLists.txt.in
index 86d3ae946a49d699f811ce580861fee3f777f1a3..ba4a404af690b5762985532e801592a679799716 100644
--- a/cmake/rocksdb_CMakeLists.txt.in
+++ b/cmake/rocksdb_CMakeLists.txt.in
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ ExternalProject_Add(rocksdb
         GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb.git
         GIT_TAG v8.1.1
         SOURCE_DIR "${TD_CONTRIB_DIR}/rocksdb"
-        BINARY_DIR "${TD_CONTRIB_DIR}/rocksdb"
         CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
         BUILD_COMMAND ""
         INSTALL_COMMAND ""