diff --git a/plugins/rbenv/rbenv.plugin.zsh b/plugins/rbenv/rbenv.plugin.zsh
index 57ae2ca1f..b6795b91c 100644
--- a/plugins/rbenv/rbenv.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/rbenv/rbenv.plugin.zsh
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ FOUND_RBENV=0
 rbenvdirs=("$HOME/.rbenv" "/usr/local/rbenv" "/opt/rbenv")
 if _homebrew-installed && _rbenv-from-homebrew-installed ; then
     rbenvdirs=($(brew --prefix rbenv) "${rbenvdirs[@]}")
-    if [[ $RBENV_ROOT = '' ]]; then 
-      RBENV_ROOT="$HOME/.rbenv"
-    fi
 fi
 
 for rbenvdir in "${rbenvdirs[@]}" ; do