diff --git a/glib/libcharset/localcharset.c b/glib/libcharset/localcharset.c
index 0c4d544be..ab3a2678d 100644
--- a/glib/libcharset/localcharset.c
+++ b/glib/libcharset/localcharset.c
@@ -117,11 +117,7 @@ _g_locale_get_charset_aliases (void)
       const char *base = "charset.alias";
       char *file_name;
 
-      /* Make it possible to override the charset.alias location.  This is
-	 necessary for running the testsuite before "make install".  */
-      dir = getenv ("CHARSETALIASDIR");
-      if (dir == NULL || dir[0] == '\0')
-	dir = relocate (GLIB_CHARSETALIAS_DIR);
+      dir = relocate (GLIB_CHARSETALIAS_DIR);
 
       /* Concatenate dir and base into freshly allocated file_name.  */
       {