diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index 275fcdf1d..60bf7539a 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -8,16 +8,6 @@
 ### EXPORT ###
 export TERM="xterm-256color"                      # getting proper colors
 export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups:erasedups           # no duplicate entries
-export EDITOR="nvim"                              # $EDITOR use neovim
-#export EDITOR="emacsclient -t -a ''"              # $EDITOR use Emacs in terminal
-#export VISUAL="emacsclient -c -a emacs"           # $VISUAL use Emacs in GUI mode
-export READER="zathura"
-export TERMINAL="alacritty"
-export BROWSER="qutebrowser"
-export WM="dwm"
-export XDG_DATA_HOME=${XDG_DATA_HOME:="$HOME/.local/share"}
-export XDG_CACHE_HOME=${XDG_CACHE_HOME:="$HOME/.cache"}
-export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:="$HOME/.config"}
 
 # use bash-completion, if available
 [[ $PS1 && -f /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion ]] && \