diff --git a/src/cli/subcommand/uninstall.rs b/src/cli/subcommand/uninstall.rs
index 61d4771..ca78c14 100644
--- a/src/cli/subcommand/uninstall.rs
+++ b/src/cli/subcommand/uninstall.rs
@@ -94,33 +94,6 @@ impl CommandExecute for Uninstall {
             }
         }
 
-        // During install, `nix-installer` will store a copy of itself in `/nix/nix-installer`
-        // If the user opted to run that particular copy of `nix-installer` to do this uninstall,
-        // well, we have a problem, since the binary would delete itself.
-        // Instead, detect if we're in that location, if so, move the binary and `execv` it.
-        if let Ok(current_exe) = std::env::current_exe() {
-            if current_exe.as_path() == Path::new("/nix/nix-installer") {
-                tracing::debug!(
-                    "Detected uninstall from `/nix/nix-installer`, moving executable and re-executing"
-                );
-                let temp = std::env::temp_dir();
-                let temp_exe = temp.join("nix-installer");
-                tokio::fs::copy(&current_exe, &temp_exe)
-                    .await
-                    .wrap_err("Copying `nix-installer` to tempdir")?;
-                let args = std::env::args();
-                let mut arg_vec_cstring = vec![];
-                for arg in args {
-                    arg_vec_cstring.push(CString::new(arg).wrap_err("Making arg into C string")?);
-                }
-                let temp_exe_cstring = CString::new(temp_exe.to_string_lossy().into_owned())
-                    .wrap_err("Making C string of executable path")?;
-
-                nix::unistd::execv(&temp_exe_cstring, &arg_vec_cstring)
-                    .wrap_err("Executing copied `nix-installer`")?;
-            }
-        }
-
         let install_receipt_string = tokio::fs::read_to_string(receipt)
             .await
             .wrap_err("Reading receipt")?;