diff --git a/home/.config/zsh/rc/history.zsh b/home/.config/zsh/rc/history.zsh
index d693096..66d859b 100644
--- a/home/.config/zsh/rc/history.zsh
+++ b/home/.config/zsh/rc/history.zsh
@@ -57,8 +57,3 @@ setopt EXTENDED_HISTORY
 # beep in ZLE when a widget attempts to access a history entry which isn’t there
 unsetopt HIST_BEEP
 
-# Auto-create the histfile cache directory if it doesn't yet exist
-if [ ! -d "$(dirname "$HISTFILE")" ]; then
-  mkdir -p "$(dirname "$HISTFILE")"
-  touch "$HISTFILE"
-fi
diff --git a/home/.config/zsh/rc/zgenom.zsh b/home/.config/zsh/rc/zgenom.zsh
index 86b7e10..d81b0f7 100644
--- a/home/.config/zsh/rc/zgenom.zsh
+++ b/home/.config/zsh/rc/zgenom.zsh
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
-ZGENOM_DIR="${ZDOTDIR}/.zgenom"
-
-# Clone zgenom if it's not present yet
-if [[ ! -d "$ZGENOM_DIR" ]]; then
-  git clone https://github.com/jandamm/zgenom "$ZGENOM_DIR"
-fi
-
 # Load zgenom (plugin manager for ZSH)
-source "${ZGENOM_DIR}/.zgenom/zgenom.zsh"
+source "${ZDOTDIR}/.zgenom/zgenom.zsh"
 
 # Check for zgenom updates
 # This does not increase startup time