diff --git a/packages/react/src/generators/host/host.ts b/packages/react/src/generators/host/host.ts
index 8f4a8b94be21e..631a25a03665f 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/generators/host/host.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/generators/host/host.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ export async function hostGeneratorInternal(
 
   const initTask = await applicationGenerator(host, {
     ...options,
-    directory: options.appProjectRoot,
     name: options.projectName,
     // The target use-case is loading remotes as child routes, thus always enable routing.
     routing: true,