diff --git a/standalone/linux/skel/runshell b/standalone/linux/skel/runshell
index 76b92cb9c7..f2c4f8887b 100755
--- a/standalone/linux/skel/runshell
+++ b/standalone/linux/skel/runshell
@@ -126,13 +126,6 @@ unset LD_PRELOAD
 ORIG_LOCPATH="$LOCPATH"
 export ORIG_LOCPATH
 LOCPATH="$HOME/.cache/git-annex/locales/$(echo "$base" | tr / _ )"
-if ! mkdir -p "$LOCPATH" 2>/dev/null; then
-	tlocpath=$(mktemp -d -p /tmp annexlocalesXXXXXXXXX 2>/dev/null || true)
-	if [ -z "$tlocpath" ]; then
-		tlocpath="/tmp/annexlocales.$$"
-	fi
-	LOCPATH="$tlocpath/locales/$(echo "$base" | tr / _ )"
-fi
 export LOCPATH
 
 # Clean up locale caches when their standalone bundle no longer exists.