diff --git a/src/engine/main.cpp b/src/engine/main.cpp
index a05018a..e22862e 100644
--- a/src/engine/main.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/main.cpp
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     initing = INIT_RESET;
     // set home dir first
-    for(int i = 1; i<argc; i++) if(argv[i][0]=='-' && argv[i][1] == 'u') { sethomedir(&argv[i][2]); break; }
+    sethomedir("$HOME/.octacore");
     // set log after home dir, but before anything else
     for(int i = 1; i<argc; i++) if(argv[i][0]=='-' && argv[i][1] == 'g')
     {
@@ -1040,7 +1040,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     {
         if(argv[i][0]=='-') switch(argv[i][1])
         {
-            case 'u': if(homedir[0]) logoutf("Using home directory: %s", homedir); break;
             case 'k':
             {
                 const char *dir = addpackagedir(&argv[i][2]);
diff --git a/tesseract_unix b/tesseract_unix
deleted file mode 100755
index e54f57e..0000000
--- a/tesseract_unix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# TESS_DATA should refer to the directory in which Tesseract data files are placed.
-#TESS_DATA=~/tesseract
-#TESS_DATA=/usr/local/tesseract
-TESS_DATA=.
-
-# TESS_BIN should refer to the directory in which Tesseract executable files are placed.
-TESS_BIN=${TESS_DATA}/bin_unix
-
-# TESS_OPTIONS contains any command line options you would like to start Tesseract with.
-#TESS_OPTIONS=""
-TESS_OPTIONS="-u${HOME}/.tesseract"
-
-# SYSTEM_NAME should be set to the name of your operating system.
-#SYSTEM_NAME=Linux
-SYSTEM_NAME=`uname -s`
-
-# MACHINE_NAME should be set to the name of your processor.
-#MACHINE_NAME=i686
-MACHINE_NAME=`uname -m`
-
-case ${SYSTEM_NAME} in
-Linux)
-  SYSTEM_NAME=linux_
-  ;;
-*)
-  SYSTEM_NAME=unknown_
-  ;;
-esac
-
-case ${MACHINE_NAME} in
-i486|i586|i686)
-  MACHINE_NAME=
-  ;;
-x86_64|amd64)
-  MACHINE_NAME=64_
-  ;;
-*)
-  if [ ${SYSTEM_NAME} != native_ ]
-  then
-    SYSTEM_NAME=native_
-  fi
-  MACHINE_NAME=
-  ;;
-esac
-
-if [ -x ${TESS_BIN}/native_client ]
-then
-  SYSTEM_NAME=native_
-  MACHINE_NAME=
-fi
-
-if [ -x ${TESS_BIN}/${SYSTEM_NAME}${MACHINE_NAME}client ]
-then
-  cd ${TESS_DATA}
-  exec ${TESS_BIN}/${SYSTEM_NAME}${MACHINE_NAME}client ${TESS_OPTIONS} "$@"
-else
-  echo "Your platform does not have a pre-compiled Tesseract client."
-  echo "Please follow the following steps to build a native client:"
-  echo "1) Ensure you have the SDL2, SDL2-image, SDL2-mixer, and OpenGL libraries installed."
-  echo "2) Type \"make -C src install\"."
-  echo "3) If the build succeeds, run this script again."
-  exit 1
-fi
-