diff --git a/content/en/getting-started/installing.md b/content/en/getting-started/installing.md
index ad70c18a1..23f25f477 100644
--- a/content/en/getting-started/installing.md
+++ b/content/en/getting-started/installing.md
@@ -305,9 +305,6 @@ Make the directory containing the source your working directory and then fetch H
 mkdir -p src/github.com/gohugoio
 ln -sf $(pwd) src/github.com/gohugoio/hugo
 
-# set the build path for Go
-export GOPATH=$(pwd)
-
 go get
 ```