diff --git a/build/linux/appimage/AppRun b/build/linux/appimage/AppRun
index 9161f8f8b733271e3f35ffc96e5c24357f8eb4aa..dca829fa510d1c3c0438cec9c10d175b635b2e12 100644
--- a/build/linux/appimage/AppRun
+++ b/build/linux/appimage/AppRun
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ export GIMP3_PLUGINDIR="$HERE"/GIMP3_PLUGINDIR_WILD
 export GIMP3_DATADIR="$HERE"/GIMP3_DATADIR_WILD
 export GIMP3_LOCALEDIR="$HERE"/GIMP3_LOCALEDIR_WILD
 export GIMP3_SYSCONFDIR="$HERE"/GIMP3_SYSCONFDIR_WILD
-if [ -z ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME} ]; then
-  export GIMP3_DIRECTORY="$HOME/.config/GIMP/GIMP_APP_VERSION"
-else
-  export GIMP3_DIRECTORY="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/GIMP/GIMP_APP_VERSION"
-fi
 
 ## Other paths (feature-related)
 export LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH="$HERE"/LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH_WILD