diff --git a/config/plugins/neosnippet.vim b/config/plugins/neosnippet.vim
index c7b3c77cb..a490e3ae8 100644
--- a/config/plugins/neosnippet.vim
+++ b/config/plugins/neosnippet.vim
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 let g:neosnippet#snippets_directory = get(g:,'neosnippet#snippets_directory',
       \ '')
 if empty(g:neosnippet#snippets_directory)
+  unlet g:neosnippet#snippets_directory
   let g:neosnippet#snippets_directory = [expand('~/.SpaceVim/snippets/'),
         \ expand('~/.SpaceVim.d/snippets/')]
 elseif type(g:spacevim_force_global_config) == type('')