diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jruby/rack/DefaultRackApplicationFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/jruby/rack/DefaultRackApplicationFactory.java
index 18bf5b1..8c0f989 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jruby/rack/DefaultRackApplicationFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jruby/rack/DefaultRackApplicationFactory.java
@@ -68,11 +68,6 @@ public class DefaultRackApplicationFactory implements RackApplicationFactory {
         try {
             RubyInstanceConfig config = new RubyInstanceConfig();
             config.setClassCache(classCache);
-            try { // try to set jruby home to jar file path
-                 String binjruby = RubyInstanceConfig.class.getResource(
-                        "/META-INF/jruby.home/bin/jruby").toURI().getSchemeSpecificPart();
-                 config.setJRubyHome(binjruby.substring(0, binjruby.length() - 10));
-            } catch (Exception e) { }
             Ruby runtime = JavaEmbedUtils.initialize(new ArrayList(), config);
             runtime.getGlobalVariables().set("$servlet_context",
                     JavaEmbedUtils.javaToRuby(runtime, rackContext));