diff --git a/zkstack_cli/zkstackup/install b/zkstack_cli/zkstackup/install
index f20ba4dd545a..849f0699bc32 100755
--- a/zkstack_cli/zkstackup/install
+++ b/zkstack_cli/zkstackup/install
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ set -eo pipefail
 
 BIN_URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/main/zkstack_cli/zkstackup/zkstackup"
 
-HOME_DIR=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME}
-BIN_DIR="$HOME_DIR/.local/bin"
+BIN_DIR="$HOME/.local/bin"
 BIN_PATH="$BIN_DIR/zkstackup"
 
 main() {
diff --git a/zkstack_cli/zkstackup/zkstackup b/zkstack_cli/zkstackup/zkstackup
index 20a061620f9a..e91bbc17905c 100755
--- a/zkstack_cli/zkstackup/zkstackup
+++ b/zkstack_cli/zkstackup/zkstackup
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -eo pipefail
 
-HOME_DIR=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME}
-LOCAL_DIR=${LOCAL_DIR:-"$HOME_DIR/.local"}
+LOCAL_DIR="$HOME/.local/"
 BIN_DIR="$LOCAL_DIR/bin"
 
 BINS=()