diff --git a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.sh b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.sh
index 9369107b81..1410ba6bc6 100644
--- a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.sh
+++ b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #
 # Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
 #
-# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/initdb/Attic/initdb.sh,v 1.109 2000/11/02 19:48:39 petere Exp $
+# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/initdb/Attic/initdb.sh,v 1.110 2000/11/04 12:47:48 petere Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -424,11 +424,6 @@ else
     fi
 fi
 
-# Be sure that PGDATA is an absolute path, otherwise backend croaks.
-
-unset CDPATH
-PGDATA=`cd $PGDATA && pwd`
-
 
 ##########################################################################
 #