diff --git a/bin/install.sh b/bin/install.sh
index 2a1506f..a6a581a 100755
--- a/bin/install.sh
+++ b/bin/install.sh
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
 # Variables
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-# default dir
-$DOTFILES_DIR='~/Projects/dotfiles'
-
 # dotfiles directory
 dir=$DOTFILES_DIR
 
diff --git a/bin/update-dotfiles.sh b/bin/update-dotfiles.sh
index 566fe5b..aab1634 100755
--- a/bin/update-dotfiles.sh
+++ b/bin/update-dotfiles.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 # Variables
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-$DOTFILES_DIR='~/Projects/dotfiles'
-
 # dotfiles directory
 dir=$DOTFILES_DIR