--- a/src/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/utils.cpp
@@ -9,12 +9,7 @@ char* FcitxLibPinyinGetSysPath(LIBPINYIN_LANGUAGE_TYPE type)
 #ifdef LIBPINYIN_TOOLS_FOUND
     if (type == LPLT_Simplified) {
 #endif
-        /* portable detect here */
-        if (getenv("FCITXDIR")) {
-            syspath = fcitx_utils_get_fcitx_path_with_filename("datadir", "libpinyin/data");
-        } else {
-            syspath = strdup(LIBPINYIN_PKGDATADIR "/data");
-        }
+        syspath = strdup(LIBPINYIN_PKGDATADIR "/data");
 #ifdef LIBPINYIN_TOOLS_FOUND
     }
     else {