diff --git a/tools/build.sh b/tools/build.sh
index d977ee1..c20d6db 100755
--- a/tools/build.sh
+++ b/tools/build.sh
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@ if [ -n "$opt_purge" ]; then
 	test "$(stat -c %U "/pkg/$PKG")" = "build" || log_cmd chown build:build "/pkg/$PKG"
 fi
 
-export HOME=/scratch/local/build_home;
-mkdir -p $HOME; chown build:build $HOME
-
 chmod a+rx "$PKG.build.sh"
 
 echo "sudo -u build -i ./$PKG.build.sh </dev/null 2>&1 | tee $PKG.build.log"