diff --git a/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/v3/generators/kotlin/KotlinClientCodegen.java b/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/v3/generators/kotlin/KotlinClientCodegen.java
index 5aaff5a5e8..cdd7fc572a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/v3/generators/kotlin/KotlinClientCodegen.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/v3/generators/kotlin/KotlinClientCodegen.java
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ public KotlinClientCodegen() {
         apiTemplateFiles.put("api.mustache", ".kt");
         modelDocTemplateFiles.put("model_doc.mustache", ".md");
         apiDocTemplateFiles.put("api_doc.mustache", ".md");
-        embeddedTemplateDir = templateDir = "kotlin-client";
         apiPackage = packageName + ".apis";
         modelPackage = packageName + ".models";
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/v3/generators/kotlin/KotlinServerCodegen.java b/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/v3/generators/kotlin/KotlinServerCodegen.java
index 4c67c79eae..917f6d282f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/v3/generators/kotlin/KotlinServerCodegen.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/v3/generators/kotlin/KotlinServerCodegen.java
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ public KotlinServerCodegen() {
         outputFolder = "generated-code" + File.separator + "kotlin-server";
         modelTemplateFiles.put("model.mustache", ".kt");
         apiTemplateFiles.put("api.mustache", ".kt");
-        embeddedTemplateDir = templateDir = "kotlin-server";
         apiPackage = packageName + ".apis";
         modelPackage = packageName + ".models";