diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index de4af0f..7ac215b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -39,14 +39,10 @@ install: all
 	chmod 644 ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/dwm.1
 	cp -f startdwm ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 	chmod 755 ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/startdwm
-	cp -f dwm-session.desktop /usr/share/xsessions/
-	chmod 644 /usr/share/xsessions/dwm-session.desktop
 
 uninstall:
 	rm -f ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/dwm\
 		${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/dwm.1\
-		${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/startdwm\
-		/usr/share/xsessions/dwm-session.desktop
-
+		${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/bin/startdwm
 
 .PHONY: all clean dist install uninstall
diff --git a/dwm-session.desktop b/dwm-session.desktop
deleted file mode 100644
index ea87098..0000000
--- a/dwm-session.desktop
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Encoding=UTF-8
-Name=dwm
-Comment=Dynamic window manager
-Exec=startdwm
-Icon=dwm
-Type=XSession