diff --git a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_files.c b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_files.c
index 241bd90bdf3..cff27dfc9e8 100644
--- a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_files.c
+++ b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_files.c
@@ -727,8 +727,6 @@ int wm_homefile_read(
 		if (BLI_listbase_is_empty(&wmbase)) {
 			wm_clear_default_size(C);
 		}
-		BKE_tempdir_init(U.tempdir);
-
 #ifdef WITH_PYTHON_SECURITY
 		/* use alternative setting for security nuts
 		 * otherwise we'd need to patch the binary blob - startup.blend.c */