diff --git a/dist/setup/index.js b/dist/setup/index.js
index 9ac89a4fd..02a8cf82a 100644
--- a/dist/setup/index.js
+++ b/dist/setup/index.js
@@ -65276,17 +65276,7 @@ function resolveVersionInput() {
     return version;
 }
 function run() {
-    var _a;
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-        // According to the README windows binaries do not require to be installed
-        // in the specific location, but Mac and Linux do
-        if (!utils_1.IS_WINDOWS && !((_a = process.env.AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY) === null || _a === void 0 ? void 0 : _a.trim())) {
-            if (utils_1.IS_LINUX)
-                process.env['AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY'] = '/opt/hostedtoolcache';
-            else
-                process.env['AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY'] = '/Users/runner/hostedtoolcache';
-            process.env['RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE'] = process.env['AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY'];
-        }
         core.debug(`Python is expected to be installed into RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE=${process.env['RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE']}`);
         try {
             const version = resolveVersionInput();
diff --git a/src/setup-python.ts b/src/setup-python.ts
index db17735b4..7f04acf2d 100644
--- a/src/setup-python.ts
+++ b/src/setup-python.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import * as os from 'os';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import {getCacheDistributor} from './cache-distributions/cache-factory';
-import {isCacheFeatureAvailable, IS_LINUX, IS_WINDOWS} from './utils';
+import {isCacheFeatureAvailable} from './utils';
 
 function isPyPyVersion(versionSpec: string) {
   return versionSpec.startsWith('pypy');
@@ -61,13 +61,6 @@ function resolveVersionInput(): string {
 }
 
 async function run() {
-  // According to the README windows binaries do not require to be installed
-  // in the specific location, but Mac and Linux do
-  if (!IS_WINDOWS && !process.env.AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY?.trim()) {
-    if (IS_LINUX) process.env['AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY'] = '/opt/hostedtoolcache';
-    else process.env['AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY'] = '/Users/runner/hostedtoolcache';
-    process.env['RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE'] = process.env['AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY'];
-  }
   core.debug(
     `Python is expected to be installed into RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE=${process.env['RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE']}`
   );