diff --git a/src/universal/bin/sbt-launch-lib.bash b/src/universal/bin/sbt-launch-lib.bash
index 015a03bcf..aec86baee 100755
--- a/src/universal/bin/sbt-launch-lib.bash
+++ b/src/universal/bin/sbt-launch-lib.bash
@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@
 
 # TODO - Should we merge the main SBT script with this library?
 
-if test -z "$HOME"; then
-  declare -r script_dir="$(dirname $script_path)"
-else
-  declare -r script_dir="$HOME/.sbt"
-fi
-
 declare -a residual_args
 declare -a java_args
 declare -a scalac_args