diff --git a/app/LibraryManager.java b/app/LibraryManager.java
index 7a2d20d2d..871f7fb1b 100755
--- a/app/LibraryManager.java
+++ b/app/LibraryManager.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import javax.swing.*;
  */
 public class LibraryManager {
 
-  private File coreLibDir, userLibDir;
+  private File libDir;
   private List libraries = new ArrayList();
   private Target target;
   
@@ -44,11 +44,9 @@ public class LibraryManager {
   public LibraryManager() throws IOException
   {
     String userDir = System.getProperty("user.dir") + File.separator;
-    coreLibDir = new File(
+    libDir = new File(
       ((!Base.isMacOS()) ? "" : userDir) + "hardware" + File.separator +
       "libraries");
-    userLibDir = 
-      new File(Sketchbook.getSketchbookPath() + File.separator + "libraries");
     target = new Target(
       System.getProperty("user.dir") + File.separator + "hardware" +
       File.separator + "cores",
@@ -72,15 +70,9 @@ public class LibraryManager {
       }
     };
     libraries.clear();
-    File[] userLibs = userLibDir.listFiles(onlyDirs);
-    if (userLibs != null) {
-      for(int i = 0; i < userLibs.length; ++i){
-	libraries.add(new Library(this, userLibs[i]));
-      }
-    }
-    File[] coreLibs = coreLibDir.listFiles(onlyDirs);
-    for(int i = 0; i < coreLibs.length; ++i){
-      libraries.add(new Library(this, coreLibs[i]));
+    File[] libs = libDir.listFiles(onlyDirs);
+    for(int i = 0; i < libs.length; ++i){
+      libraries.add(new Library(this, libs[i]));
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/app/Sketch.java b/app/Sketch.java
index 5d99cb3aa..2e99f5468 100644
--- a/app/Sketch.java
+++ b/app/Sketch.java
@@ -2238,7 +2238,6 @@ public class Sketch {
   public boolean isReadOnly() {
     String apath = folder.getAbsolutePath();
     if (apath.startsWith(Sketchbook.examplesPath) ||
-        apath.startsWith(Sketchbook.userLibrariesPath) ||
         apath.startsWith(Sketchbook.librariesPath)) {
       return true;
 
diff --git a/app/Sketchbook.java b/app/Sketchbook.java
index 1eb6a2e43..4c48d3ac0 100644
--- a/app/Sketchbook.java
+++ b/app/Sketchbook.java
@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@ public class Sketchbook {
 
   static File librariesFolder;
   static String librariesPath;
-  
-  static File userLibrariesFolder;
-  static String userLibrariesPath;
 
   // maps imported packages to their library folder
   static Hashtable importToLibraryTable = new Hashtable();
@@ -134,14 +131,11 @@ public class Sketchbook {
       //System.out.println("resetting sketchbook path");
       File sketchbookFolder = Base.getDefaultSketchbookFolder();
       //System.out.println("default is " + sketchbookFolder);
-      sketchbookPath = sketchbookFolder.getAbsolutePath();
-      Preferences.set("sketchbook.path", sketchbookPath);
+      Preferences.set("sketchbook.path",
+                      sketchbookFolder.getAbsolutePath());
 
       if (!sketchbookFolder.exists()) sketchbookFolder.mkdirs();
     }
-    userLibrariesFolder = new File(sketchbookPath, "libraries");
-    userLibrariesPath = userLibrariesFolder.getAbsolutePath();
-    
     openMenu = new JMenu("Sketchbook");
     popupMenu = new JMenu("Sketchbook");
     importMenu = new JMenu("Import Library");
@@ -392,7 +386,6 @@ public class Sketchbook {
       if (addLibraries(importMenu, examplesFolder)) {
         importMenu.addSeparator();
       }
-      addLibraries(importMenu, userLibrariesFolder);
       addLibraries(importMenu, librariesFolder);
       //System.out.println("libraries cp is now " + librariesClassPath);