diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 772d0c99..c4941a99 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ janetc = custom_target('janetc',
   capture : true,
   command : [
     janet_boot, meson.current_source_dir(),
-    'JANET_PATH', janet_path, 'JANET_HEADERPATH', header_path
+    'JANET_PATH', janet_path
   ])
 
 janet_dependencies = [m_dep, dl_dep]
diff --git a/src/boot/boot.janet b/src/boot/boot.janet
index f663bb4a..281f5da0 100644
--- a/src/boot/boot.janet
+++ b/src/boot/boot.janet
@@ -2124,11 +2124,10 @@
 ###
 ###
 
-# Initialize syspath and header path
+# Initialize syspath
 (each [k v] (partition 2 (tuple/slice boot/args 2))
   (case k
-    "JANET_PATH" (setdyn :syspath v)
-    "JANET_HEADERPATH" (setdyn :headerpath v)))
+    "JANET_PATH" (setdyn :syspath v)))
 
 (defn make-env
   `Create a new environment table. The new environment
@@ -3521,7 +3520,6 @@
   (var *error-level* nil)
 
   (if-let [jp (getenv-alias "JANET_PATH")] (setdyn :syspath jp))
-  (if-let [jp (getenv-alias "JANET_HEADERPATH")] (setdyn :headerpath jp))
   (if-let [jprofile (getenv-alias "JANET_PROFILE")] (setdyn :profilepath jprofile))
 
   (defn- get-lint-level