diff --git a/examples/morpheusvm/scripts/build.sh b/examples/morpheusvm/scripts/build.sh
index 0f71f77af6..2d249567c7 100755
--- a/examples/morpheusvm/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/examples/morpheusvm/scripts/build.sh
@@ -19,10 +19,4 @@ MORPHEUSVM_PATH=$(
   cd .. && pwd
 )
 
-# if there's exactly one argument use it as the output path to go build 
-if [[ $# -eq 1 ]]; then
-  go build -o "$1" ./cmd/morpheusvm
-  exit 0
-fi
-
 build_project "$MORPHEUSVM_PATH" "morpheusvm" "pkEmJQuTUic3dxzg8EYnktwn4W7uCHofNcwiYo458vodAUbY7"