diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 21a78b8..f33c2a3 100644
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ ln -sf ~/.dotfiles/tmux ~/.config/
 
 ## zsh
 echo "skip_global_compinit=1" > ~/.zshenv
+echo "export XDG_CONFIG_HOME='~/.config'" >> ~/.zshenv
+echo "export XDG_DATA_HOME='~/.cache'" >> ~/.zshenv
 echo "export ZDOTDIR=~/.config/zsh" >> ~/.zshenv
 mkdir -p ~/.cache/zsh ~/.config/zsh/plugins ~/.config/zsh/themes
 git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions.git ~/.config/zsh/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
diff --git a/zsh/zshrc b/zsh/zshrc
index acd743b..9634d71 100644
--- a/zsh/zshrc
+++ b/zsh/zshrc
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=~/.config
-export XDG_DATA_HOME=~/.cache
-
 bindkey -e
 autoload -U promptinit && promptinit
 autoload -U compinit && compinit -d $XDG_DATA_HOME/zsh/zcompdump