diff --git a/src/frontend/inpcom.c b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
index 461bcece0..91f213467 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inpcom.c
+++ b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
@@ -2374,7 +2374,7 @@ expand_section_ref(struct line *c, char *dir_name)
 
         struct line *section_def;
         char keep_char1, keep_char2;
-        char *z, *copys = NULL;
+        char *z;
         struct library *lib;
 
         for (z = y; *z && !isspace(*z) && !isquote(*z); z++)
@@ -2384,12 +2384,6 @@ expand_section_ref(struct line *c, char *dir_name)
         *t = '\0';
         *z = '\0';
 
-        if (*s == '~') {
-            copys = cp_tildexpand(s);
-            if (copys)
-                s = copys;
-        }
-
         lib = read_a_lib(s, dir_name);
 
         if (!lib) {
@@ -2404,11 +2398,6 @@ expand_section_ref(struct line *c, char *dir_name)
             controlled_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
 
-        if (copys) {
-            tfree(copys);   /* allocated by the cp_tildexpand() above */
-            s = NULL;
-        }
-
         /* recursively expand the refered section itself */
         {
             struct line *t = section_def;