diff --git a/bitbake/bin/toaster b/bitbake/bin/toaster
index 37a11165d2..fd6cabf378 100755
--- a/bitbake/bin/toaster
+++ b/bitbake/bin/toaster
@@ -151,15 +151,7 @@ fi
 
 unset OE_ROOT
 
-# this defines the dir toaster will use for
-# 1) clones of layers (in _toaster_clones )
-# 2) the build dir (in build)
-# 3) the sqlite db if that is being used.
-# 4) pid's we need to clean up on exit/shutdown
-# note: for future. in order to make this an arbitrary directory, we need to
-# make sure that the toaster.sqlite file doesn't default to `pwd` like it currently does.
-export BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE="$BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE TOASTER_DIR"
-export TOASTER_DIR=`pwd`
+
 
 WEBSERVER=1
 ADDR_PORT="localhost:8000"
@@ -215,10 +207,8 @@ fi
 # 2) the build dir (in build)
 # 3) the sqlite db if that is being used.
 # 4) pid's we need to clean up on exit/shutdown
-# note: for future. in order to make this an arbitrary directory, we need to
-# make sure that the toaster.sqlite file doesn't default to `pwd`
-# like it currently does.
 export TOASTER_DIR=`dirname $BUILDDIR`
+export BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE="$BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE TOASTER_DIR"
 
 # Determine the action. If specified by arguments, fine, if not, toggle it
 if [ "$CMD" = "start" ] ; then