diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0b82aff4cc2e87ca181d8dfe1b11966cf658644b..b09dcdff75be9f4c95a84385c3a5213445b753cc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ or globally, with the following priority:
 
 1. `.crush.json`
 2. `crush.json`
-3. `$HOME/.config/crush/crush.json` (Windows: `%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\crush\crush.json`)
+3. `$HOME/.config/crush/crush.json`
 
 Configuration itself is stored as a JSON object:
 
diff --git a/internal/config/load.go b/internal/config/load.go
index 0f4feeadf76e2113201c8aef563574cf2926cfbf..cc7e54393857084b232a93f70d765090a2b513a8 100644
--- a/internal/config/load.go
+++ b/internal/config/load.go
@@ -662,17 +662,6 @@ func GlobalConfig() string {
 		return filepath.Join(xdgConfigHome, appName, fmt.Sprintf("%s.json", appName))
 	}
 
-	// return the path to the main config directory
-	// for windows, it should be in `%LOCALAPPDATA%/crush/`
-	// for linux and macOS, it should be in `$HOME/.config/crush/`
-	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-		localAppData := os.Getenv("LOCALAPPDATA")
-		if localAppData == "" {
-			localAppData = filepath.Join(os.Getenv("USERPROFILE"), "AppData", "Local")
-		}
-		return filepath.Join(localAppData, appName, fmt.Sprintf("%s.json", appName))
-	}
-
 	return filepath.Join(home.Dir(), ".config", appName, fmt.Sprintf("%s.json", appName))
 }