diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/main.ts b/apps/desktop/src/main.ts
index c0a7b4bb2bc42d0fedc4030184b15d060bc162ac..d53378dd9471a9e6c33833490366de175d6af344 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/main.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/main.ts
@@ -5,20 +5,11 @@ import net from "node:net";
 import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
 
-import {
-  app,
-  BrowserWindow,
-  dialog,
-  ipcMain,
-  Menu,
-  type MenuItemConstructorOptions,
-  protocol,
-  shell,
-} from "electron";
+import { app, BrowserWindow, dialog, ipcMain, Menu, protocol, shell } from "electron";
+import type { MenuItemConstructorOptions } from "electron";
 
 import { showDesktopConfirmDialog } from "./confirmDialog";
 import { fixPath } from "./fixPath";
-import { resolveDesktopStateDir } from "./stateDir";
 
 fixPath();
 
@@ -27,7 +18,8 @@ const CONFIRM_CHANNEL = "desktop:confirm";
 const CONTEXT_MENU_CHANNEL = "desktop:context-menu";
 const OPEN_EXTERNAL_CHANNEL = "desktop:open-external";
 const MENU_ACTION_CHANNEL = "desktop:menu-action";
-const STATE_DIR = resolveDesktopStateDir();
+const STATE_DIR =
+  process.env.T3CODE_STATE_DIR?.trim() ?? path.join(os.homedir(), ".t3", "userdata");
 const DESKTOP_SCHEME = "t3";
 const ROOT_DIR = path.resolve(__dirname, "../../..");
 const isDevelopment = Boolean(process.env.VITE_DEV_SERVER_URL);
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/stateDir.test.ts b/apps/desktop/src/stateDir.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d52f436b4444cac8d5cd212abdf8d0caa427ad9..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/apps/desktop/src/stateDir.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-import os from "node:os";
-import path from "node:path";
-
-import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-
-import { DEFAULT_DESKTOP_STATE_DIR, resolveDesktopStateDir } from "./stateDir";
-
-describe("resolveDesktopStateDir", () => {
-  it("returns env override when provided", () => {
-    const resolved = resolveDesktopStateDir({
-      T3CODE_STATE_DIR: "  /tmp/t3-dev-state  ",
-    });
-
-    expect(resolved).toBe("/tmp/t3-dev-state");
-  });
-
-  it("falls back to default userdata dir when override is missing", () => {
-    const resolved = resolveDesktopStateDir({});
-
-    expect(resolved).toBe(DEFAULT_DESKTOP_STATE_DIR);
-    expect(resolved).toBe(path.join(os.homedir(), ".t3", "userdata"));
-  });
-});
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/stateDir.ts b/apps/desktop/src/stateDir.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index b8fb37db80193244f50df166977900daad166668..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/apps/desktop/src/stateDir.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import os from "node:os";
-import path from "node:path";
-
-export const DEFAULT_DESKTOP_STATE_DIR = path.join(os.homedir(), ".t3", "userdata");
-
-export function resolveDesktopStateDir(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env): string {
-  const value = env.T3CODE_STATE_DIR?.trim();
-  if (value) {
-    return value;
-  }
-  return DEFAULT_DESKTOP_STATE_DIR;
-}