diff --git a/src/download.rs b/src/download.rs
index e4119b4..279c431 100644
--- a/src/download.rs
+++ b/src/download.rs
@@ -110,11 +110,7 @@ async fn run_command_in_tempdir(cmd: &str, args: &[&str]) -> Result<DownloadResu
 ///
 /// - Propagates `run_command_in_tempdir` errors.
 pub async fn download_instaloader(shortcode: &str) -> Result<DownloadResult> {
-    let session_file = env::var("IG_SESSION_PATH").unwrap_or_else(|_| "/app/ig-session".into());
-
     let args = [
-        "--sessionfile",
-        &session_file,
         "--dirname-pattern=.",
         "--no-metadata-json",
         "--no-compress-json",