diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/shellenv.sh b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/shellenv.sh
index 498510ac44442..9b48ffab1dcbd 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/shellenv.sh
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/shellenv.sh
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ homebrew-shellenv() {
       echo "fish_add_path --global --move --path \"${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin\" \"${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/sbin\";"
       echo "if test -n \"\$MANPATH[1]\"; set --global --export MANPATH '' \$MANPATH; end;"
       echo "if not contains \"${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/share/info\" \$INFOPATH; set --global --export INFOPATH \"${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/share/info\" \$INFOPATH; end;"
-      if [[ -n "${HOMEBREW_LINUX}" ]]
-      then
-        echo "if test -n \"\$XDG_DATA_DIRS\"; set --global --export XDG_DATA_DIRS \"${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/share\" \$XDG_DATA_DIRS; end;"
-      fi
       ;;
     csh | -csh | tcsh | -tcsh)
       echo "setenv HOMEBREW_PREFIX ${HOMEBREW_PREFIX};"
@@ -60,10 +56,6 @@ homebrew-shellenv() {
       fi
       echo "test \${?MANPATH} -eq 1 && setenv MANPATH :\${MANPATH};"
       echo "setenv INFOPATH ${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/share/info\`test \${?INFOPATH} -eq 1 && echo :\${INFOPATH}\`;"
-      if [[ -n "${HOMEBREW_LINUX}" ]]
-      then
-        echo "test \${?XDG_DATA_DIRS} -eq 1 && setenv XDG_DATA_DIRS \"${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/share:\$XDG_DATA_DIRS\";"
-      fi
       ;;
     pwsh | -pwsh | pwsh-preview | -pwsh-preview)
       echo "[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('HOMEBREW_PREFIX','${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}',[System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Process)"
@@ -72,10 +64,6 @@ homebrew-shellenv() {
       echo "[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('PATH',\$('${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin:${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/sbin:'+\$ENV:PATH),[System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Process)"
       echo "[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('MANPATH',\$('${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/share/man'+\$(if(\${ENV:MANPATH}){':'+\${ENV:MANPATH}})+':'),[System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Process)"
       echo "[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('INFOPATH',\$('${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/share/info'+\$(if(\${ENV:INFOPATH}){':'+\${ENV:INFOPATH}})),[System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Process)"
-      if [[ -n "${HOMEBREW_LINUX}" ]]
-      then
-        echo "if(\${ENV:XDG_DATA_DIRS}){[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('XDG_DATA_DIRS',\$('${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/share:'+\${ENV:XDG_DATA_DIRS}),[System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Process)}"
-      fi
       ;;
     *)
       echo "export HOMEBREW_PREFIX=\"${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}\";"
@@ -93,10 +81,6 @@ homebrew-shellenv() {
       fi
       echo "[ -z \"\${MANPATH-}\" ] || export MANPATH=\":\${MANPATH#:}\";"
       echo "export INFOPATH=\"${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/share/info:\${INFOPATH:-}\";"
-      if [[ -n "${HOMEBREW_LINUX}" ]]
-      then
-        echo "[ -z \"\${XDG_DATA_DIRS-}\" ] || export XDG_DATA_DIRS=\"${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/share:\${XDG_DATA_DIRS-}\";"
-      fi
       ;;
   esac
 }