diff --git a/usr.bin/calendar/calendar.1 b/usr.bin/calendar/calendar.1
index c397193ba45e..1ffa5e51a940 100644
--- a/usr.bin/calendar/calendar.1
+++ b/usr.bin/calendar/calendar.1
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 .Op Fl a
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm Calendar
-checks the $HOME directory for a file named
+checks the current directory for a file named
 .Pa calendar
 and displays lines that begin with either today's date
 or tomorrow's.
diff --git a/usr.bin/calendar/calendar.c b/usr.bin/calendar/calendar.c
index deb4cfc48227..6f84a2a5f9b7 100644
--- a/usr.bin/calendar/calendar.c
+++ b/usr.bin/calendar/calendar.c
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ main(argc, argv)
 {
 	extern int optind;
 	int ch;
-	char *s;
 
 	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "-a")) != EOF)
 		switch (ch) {
@@ -111,11 +110,8 @@ main(argc, argv)
 				cal();
 			(void)seteuid(0);
 		}
-	else {
-		if ((s = getenv("HOME")) != NULL)
-			chdir(s);
+	else
 		cal();
-	}
 	exit(0);
 }