diff --git a/.profile b/.profile
index 894a5b0c..fb626e31 100644
--- a/.profile
+++ b/.profile
@@ -116,22 +116,6 @@ VISUAL="$EDITOR"
 export GIT_EDITOR
 export VISUAL
 
-## $HOME software install
-## See http://nullprogram.com/blog/2017/06/19/.
-## The variables should not contain paths to non-existing folders as it may
-## break compilers.
-prependpath "$HOME/.local/include" C_INCLUDE_PATH
-prependpath "$HOME/.local/include" CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH
-prependpath "$HOME/.local/lib" LIBRARY_PATH
-prependpath "$HOME/.local/lib/pkgconfig" PKG_CONFIG_PATH
-prependpath "$HOME/.local/share/info" INFOPATH
-prependpath "$HOME/.local/share/man" MANPATH
-## If you install a library in your home directory that is also installed on the
-## system, and then run a system program, it may be linked against your library
-## rather than the library installed on the system as was originally
-## intended. This could have detrimental effects.
-# export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/.local/lib
-
 ## Hook. Should be sourced last
 [ -f ~/.profile_hook ] && . ~/.profile_hook
 ## Hook example