diff --git a/bash/history b/bash/history
index b9a3b92..425f97f 100644
--- a/bash/history
+++ b/bash/history
@@ -13,7 +13,4 @@ export HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
 # more!
 export HISTSIZE=10000
 
-# file
-export HISTFILE=~/.history
-
 # vim: ft=bash
diff --git a/zsh/history b/zsh/history
index 5ac6c15..d3c525b 100644
--- a/zsh/history
+++ b/zsh/history
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ setopt hist_verify
 
 HISTSIZE=100000
 SAVEHIST=100000
-HISTFILE=~/.history
 HISTORY_IGNORE="(^ +|ls|bg|fg|pwd|exit|cd ..)"
 
 # vim: ft=zsh