diff --git a/pkg/config/app_config.go b/pkg/config/app_config.go
index 1fd2b51f92c8..ed58731adea7 100644
--- a/pkg/config/app_config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/app_config.go
@@ -265,11 +265,6 @@ func stateFilePath(filename string) (string, error) {
 	}
 
 	// looks for XDG_STATE_HOME/lazygit/filename
-	stateFile, err := xdg.SearchStateFile(filepath.Join("lazygit", filename))
-	if err == nil {
-		return stateFile, nil
-	}
-
 	return xdg.StateFile(filepath.Join("lazygit", filename))
 }