diff --git a/spacemacs.org b/spacemacs.org
index 7b5daaa..63551c9 100644
--- a/spacemacs.org
+++ b/spacemacs.org
@@ -182,13 +182,6 @@ Use evil keybindings for selecting items in popup menus.
     (org-babel-do-load-languages 'org-babel-load-languages '((plantuml . t)))
     )
 #+END_SRC
-*** nvm
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle user-config.el
-  ;; TODO: use the default version instead of hard-coding the specific version
-  (condition-case err
-      (nvm-use "v19.1.0")
-    (error (message "Could not initialize nvm for emacs. %s" (error-message-string err))))
-#+END_SRC
 *** conf-mode
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle user-config.el
   (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.eds\\'" . conf-mode))