diff --git a/scripts/nix-profile-daemon.fish.in b/scripts/nix-profile-daemon.fish.in
index 5f5a53141..3fe9e782a 100644
--- a/scripts/nix-profile-daemon.fish.in
+++ b/scripts/nix-profile-daemon.fish.in
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ set --export NIX_PROFILES "@localstatedir@/nix/profiles/default $HOME/.nix-profi
 # Populate bash completions, .desktop files, etc
 if test -n "$XDG_DATA_DIRS"
     # According to XDG spec the default is /usr/local/share:/usr/share, don't set something that prevents that default
-    set --export XDG_DATA_DIRS "/usr/local/share:/usr/share:$NIX_LINK/share:/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/share"
+    set --export XDG_DATA_DIRS "/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/share"
 else
-    set --export XDG_DATA_DIRS "$XDG_DATA_DIRS:$NIX_LINK/share:/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/share"
+    set --export XDG_DATA_DIRS "$XDG_DATA_DIRS:/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/share"
 end
 
 # Set $NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE so that Nixpkgs applications like curl work.