diff --git a/.pip/pip.conf b/.pip/pip.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index b0ba198..0000000
--- a/.pip/pip.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[global]
-user = true
diff --git a/recipes/python b/recipes/python
index 89c116f..d64fab2 100644
--- a/recipes/python
+++ b/recipes/python
@@ -32,7 +32,3 @@ if ! [ -d ~/.pyenv/versions/${__PYTHON_VERSION} ]; then
      _run "Install python ${__PYTHON_VERSION}" pyenv install ${__PYTHON_VERSION}
 fi
 pyenv global ${__PYTHON_VERSION}
-
-if ! [ -d ${HOME}/.pip ]; then
-    _run "Install .pip" ln -s ${HOME}/dotfiles/.pip ${HOME}/.pip
-fi