diff --git a/snapcraft/wrappers/editor b/snapcraft/wrappers/editor
index 31ca143c6..d9076f991 100755
--- a/snapcraft/wrappers/editor
+++ b/snapcraft/wrappers/editor
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ run_cmd() {
     export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
     export HOME="${SNAP_REAL_HOME}"
     export USER="${USERNAME}"
-    [ -z "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-}" ] && export XDG_DATA_HOME="${HOME}/.local/share/"
-    [ -z "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-}" ] && export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="${HOME}/.config/"
-    [ -z "${XDG_STATE_HOME:-}" ] && export XDG_STATE_HOME="${HOME}/.local/state/"
 
     # shellcheck disable=SC2145
     exec unshare --kill-child -U -m -p -r -f --root="/var/lib/snapd/hostfs/" "/bin/sh" -c "mount -t proc proc /proc 2>/dev/null || true; exec \"${CMD}\" \"$@\""
diff --git a/snapcraft/wrappers/remote-viewer b/snapcraft/wrappers/remote-viewer
index 4caf7272d..085eab3de 100755
--- a/snapcraft/wrappers/remote-viewer
+++ b/snapcraft/wrappers/remote-viewer
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ run_cmd() {
     export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
     export HOME="${SNAP_REAL_HOME}"
     export USER="${USERNAME}"
-    [ -z "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-}" ] && export XDG_DATA_HOME="${HOME}/.local/share/"
-    [ -z "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-}" ] && export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="${HOME}/.config/"
-    [ -z "${XDG_STATE_HOME:-}" ] && export XDG_STATE_HOME="${HOME}/.local/state/"
 
     exec unshare -U -r chroot "/var/lib/snapd/hostfs/" "${CMD}" "$@"
 }