diff --git a/scripts/nix-profile.sh.in b/scripts/nix-profile.sh.in
index 0c1e1bb80f..8395313497 100644
--- a/scripts/nix-profile.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/nix-profile.sh.in
@@ -9,10 +9,3 @@ if test -n "$HOME"; then
 
     export PATH=$NIX_LINK/bin:$PATH
 fi
-
-# This is a quick hack to make fontconfig-based packages in Nixpkgs
-# work out of the box on non-NixOS systems.  Of course, we should
-# really fix fontconfig...
-if test -z "$FONTCONFIG_FILE" -a -e /etc/fonts/fonts.conf; then
-    export FONTCONFIG_FILE=/etc/fonts/fonts.conf
-fi