diff --git a/data/start-cosmic b/data/start-cosmic
index 8fcf66d..cd75373 100755
--- a/data/start-cosmic
+++ b/data/start-cosmic
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ fi
 
 export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP="${XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP:=COSMIC}"
 export XDG_SESSION_TYPE="${XDG_SESSION_TYPE:=wayland}"
-export XCURSOR_THEME="${XCURSOR_THEME:=Cosmic}"
 export _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1
 export GDK_BACKEND=wayland,x11
 export MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1