diff --git a/sh/.config/sh/xdg b/sh/.config/sh/xdg
index fe82615..45407b5 100644
--- a/sh/.config/sh/xdg
+++ b/sh/.config/sh/xdg
@@ -37,41 +37,6 @@ test "$XDG_BIN_HOME" || export XDG_BIN_HOME="$HOME/.local/bin"
 # anything on BIN_HOME should be executable form anywhere
 export PATH="$PATH:$XDG_BIN_HOME"
 
-xdg_isThere() {
-    if [ -e "$1" ] || [ -h "$1" ]; then
-        true
-    else
-        false
-    fi
-}
-
-xdg_makeForUser() {
-    mkdir -p "$1"
-    chmod 0700 "$1"
-}
-
-if [ -h "$XDG_MEDIA_DIR" ] && [ ! -e "$XDG_MEDIA_DIR" ]; then
-    rm "$XDG_MEDIA_DIR"
-    xdg_makeForUser "$XDG_MEDIA_DIR"
-fi
-
-## ensure directories exist
-xdg_isThere "$XDG_BIN_HOME" || xdg_makeForUser "$XDG_BIN_HOME"
-xdg_isThere "$XDG_CACHE_HOME" || xdg_makeForUser "$XDG_CACHE_HOME"
-xdg_isThere "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME" || xdg_makeForUser "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"
-xdg_isThere "$XDG_DATA_HOME" || xdg_makeForUser "$XDG_DATA_HOME"
-
-# create xdg-user-dirs if necessary
-xdg_isThere "$XDG_DESKTOP_DIR" || xdg_makeForUser "$XDG_DESKTOP_DIR"
-xdg_isThere "$XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR" || xdg_makeForUser "$XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR"
-xdg_isThere "$XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR" || xdg_makeForUser "$XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR"
-xdg_isThere "$XDG_MUSIC_DIR" || xdg_makeForUser "$XDG_MUSIC_DIR"
-xdg_isThere "$XDG_PICTURES_DIR" || xdg_makeForUser "$XDG_PICTURES_DIR"
-xdg_isThere "$XDG_VIDEOS_DIR" || xdg_makeForUser "$XDG_VIDEOS_DIR"
-xdg_isThere "$XDG_PROJECTS_DIR" || xdg_makeForUser "$XDG_PROJECTS_DIR"
-
-unset -f xdg_isThere xdg_makeForUser
-
 ## Applications that can be set through environment variables
 export ANDROID_HOME="$XDG_DATA_HOME/android"
 export ATOM_HOME="$XDG_DATA_HOME/atom"