diff --git a/layers/+distributions/spacemacs-docker/deps-install/installers/clojure/.lein/profiles.clj b/layers/+distributions/spacemacs-docker/deps-install/installers/clojure/.lein/profiles.clj
deleted file mode 100644
index d67a652a4..000000000
--- a/layers/+distributions/spacemacs-docker/deps-install/installers/clojure/.lein/profiles.clj
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{:repl {:plugins [[cider/cider-nrepl "0.17.0"]
-                  [refactor-nrepl "2.3.1"]
-                  [lein-cljfmt "0.5.7"]]
-:dependencies [[alembic "0.3.2"]
-               [org.clojure/tools.nrepl "0.2.12"]]}}
diff --git a/layers/+distributions/spacemacs-docker/deps-install/installers/clojure/README.org b/layers/+distributions/spacemacs-docker/deps-install/installers/clojure/README.org
index c16911913..699356046 100644
--- a/layers/+distributions/spacemacs-docker/deps-install/installers/clojure/README.org
+++ b/layers/+distributions/spacemacs-docker/deps-install/installers/clojure/README.org
@@ -14,6 +14,3 @@ Dependency installation script for [[https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/blob/
 * List of installed software:
 1. [[http://packages.ubuntu.com/en/xenial/default-jre-headless][default-jre-headless]]
 2. [[https://leiningen.org/][Leiningen]]
-4. [[https://github.com/clojure-emacs/refactor-nrepl][refactor-nrepl]]
-5. [[https://github.com/clojure-emacs/cider-nrepl][cider-nrepl]]
-6. [[https://github.com/weavejester/cljfmt][lein-cljfmt]]
diff --git a/layers/+distributions/spacemacs-docker/deps-install/installers/clojure/install.el b/layers/+distributions/spacemacs-docker/deps-install/installers/clojure/install.el
index e39068ef3..8e7c44d70 100755
--- a/layers/+distributions/spacemacs-docker/deps-install/installers/clojure/install.el
+++ b/layers/+distributions/spacemacs-docker/deps-install/installers/clojure/install.el
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 (install default-jre-headless)
 (with-installed (curl)
   (! "Installing Leiningen...")
-  (cp ".lein" (dir $UHOME))
   ($ ["curl -Lo /usr/local/bin/lein"
       "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/technomancy/leiningen/stable/bin/lein"]
      "chown ${UID}:${GID} -R ${UHOME}"