diff --git a/services/core/MongodbTaggingService/config.mongodb b/services/core/MongodbTaggingService/config.mongodb
index 956ed46e4d..e473b37707 100644
--- a/services/core/MongodbTaggingService/config.mongodb
+++ b/services/core/MongodbTaggingService/config.mongodb
@@ -11,7 +11,4 @@
     },
     #optional prefix to be used for all collections
     "table_prefix":"volttron"
-
-
-
 }
diff --git a/services/core/SQLiteTaggingService/config b/services/core/SQLiteTaggingService/config
index c340acea54..459835c9a5 100644
--- a/services/core/SQLiteTaggingService/config
+++ b/services/core/SQLiteTaggingService/config
@@ -7,11 +7,5 @@
     },
     # optional if you want the tables created for tagging to have names
     # starting with <given prefix>_<tablename>
-    "table_prefix": "volttron",
-
-    # optional resources directory. From which allowed set of tags and
-    # tag categories. If this is skipped, code searches for tags.csv and
-    # categories.csv under "resources" directory in the same package as
-    # the tagging service
-    "resource_sub_dir":"resources"
+    "table_prefix": "volttron"
 }
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