diff --git a/thunar/thunar-window.c b/thunar/thunar-window.c
index abe11fd4415f598f4df18ef16d29d6853bbb41b7..f6c3e88d768b031f2301829bb57c084ee1c50cae 100644
--- a/thunar/thunar-window.c
+++ b/thunar/thunar-window.c
@@ -3373,7 +3373,6 @@ thunar_window_open_user_folder (ThunarWindow   *window,
   home_dir = thunar_g_file_new_for_home ();
 
   /* check if there is an entry in user-dirs.dirs */
-  path = g_get_user_special_dir (thunar_user_dir);
   if (G_LIKELY (path != NULL))
     {
       user_dir = g_file_new_for_path (path);