diff --git a/prebuilt/common/etc/init.local.rc b/prebuilt/common/etc/init.local.rc
index e3de6b5..5b1db3b 100644
--- a/prebuilt/common/etc/init.local.rc
+++ b/prebuilt/common/etc/init.local.rc
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 on init
     export ANDROID_CACHE /cache
     export TERMINFO /system/etc/terminfo
-    export TERM linux
 
 on post-fs-data
     mkdir /cache/dalvik-cache 0771 system system