diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 16725c80998d39e18f477764605935088a3ec692..aea9ccedc1ad1e051d13f21ec20ba0b928494c73 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ MPICXX = mpicxx
 all: fe-progs mpi-progs
 sql: fe-sqlite
 
-VELOC_INSTALL_DIR := $(HOME)/deploy
-
 BLOSC_CPPFLAGS := \
 	-Ithirdparty/blosc \
 	-DHAVE_LZ4 -DHAVE_SNAPPY -DHAVE_ZLIB -DHAVE_ZSTD \
@@ -62,6 +60,7 @@ BLOSC_CPPFLAGS := \
 	-Ithirdparty/blosc/internal-complibs/zstd-0.7.4/decompress \
 	-Ithirdparty/SZ/sz/include
 
+# Set the VELOC_INSTALL_DIR environment variable to enable VELOC support
 ifdef VELOC_INSTALL_DIR
 BLOSC_CPPFLAGS := $(BLOSC_CPPFLAGS) \
 	-DGENERICIO_WITH_VELOC \