diff --git a/setup b/setup
index df939ed..1403146 100755
--- a/setup
+++ b/setup
@@ -378,10 +378,7 @@ setup_nvim() {
     mkdir -p "$nvimdir"
     get_prestobuntu_file "init.lua" "$nvimdir/init.lua"
     install_package fzf
-    # lazy
-    local nvimdata="$HOME/.local/share/nvim"
-    mkdir -p "$nvimdata"/lazy
-    git clone --filter=blob:none https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim.git --branch=stable
+    # lazy.nvim bootstraps itself on first nvim launch; see init.lua
 }
 
 setup_static_ip_address() {