diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
index 9a6486b..3f91c96 100644
--- a/.envrc
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-VIRTUAL_ENV="$PWD/venv"
-
 if type lorri &>/dev/null; then
     # https://github.com/target/lorri
     eval "$(lorri direnv)"
@@ -7,12 +5,3 @@ else
     # fall back to using direnv's builtin nix support
     use nix
 fi
-
-if [ ! -e venv ]
-then
-    python -m venv "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
-fi
-export VIRTUAL_ENV
-PATH_add "$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin"
-unset SSL_CERT_FILE
-unset NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE