diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index a4ac569..5a44b68 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@ def create_app(config_class=Config):
     # Ensure required directories exist
     os.makedirs(app.config["UPLOAD_FOLDER"], exist_ok=True)
     os.makedirs(app.config["VECTORDB_PATH"], exist_ok=True)
-    os.makedirs(app.config["TRANSFORMERS_CACHE"], exist_ok=True)
-
-    # Set HuggingFace cache env so sentence-transformers respects it
-    os.environ["TRANSFORMERS_CACHE"] = app.config["TRANSFORMERS_CACHE"]
-    os.environ["HF_HOME"] = app.config["TRANSFORMERS_CACHE"]
 
     # Extensions
     db.init_app(app)