diff --git a/.profile b/.profile
index 0e68392..780fc7c 100644
--- a/.profile
+++ b/.profile
@@ -7,11 +7,6 @@ export SHELL_CONFIG_DIR="${SHELL_CONFIG_DIR:-"${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-"$HOME/.config"
 
 . "$SHELL_CONFIG_DIR/env"
 
-# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
-if [ -d "$HOME/.local/bin" ] ; then
-   PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
-fi
-
 # Locales
 export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
 export LANG=en_US.UTF-8