diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b2022081a..f298a4cf4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ custom/
 # temp files directories
 cache/
 log/
+
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/plugins/virtualenvwrapper/virtualenvwrapper.plugin.zsh b/plugins/virtualenvwrapper/virtualenvwrapper.plugin.zsh
index 2a7c0b92a..a47d61a6e 100644
--- a/plugins/virtualenvwrapper/virtualenvwrapper.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/virtualenvwrapper/virtualenvwrapper.plugin.zsh
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@ if ! type workon &>/dev/null; then
   return
 fi
 
-if [[ "$WORKON_HOME" == "" ]]; then
-  print "[oh-my-zsh] \$WORKON_HOME is not defined so plugin virtualenvwrapper will not work" >&2
-  return
-fi
-
 if [[ ! $DISABLE_VENV_CD -eq 1 ]]; then
   # Automatically activate Git projects or other customized virtualenvwrapper projects based on the
   # directory name of the project. Virtual environment name can be overridden