1diff --git a/cmdstanpy/utils/cmdstan.py b/cmdstanpy/utils/cmdstan.py
2index 227d97a..27c3ccc 100644
3--- a/cmdstanpy/utils/cmdstan.py
4+++ b/cmdstanpy/utils/cmdstan.py
5@@ -163,19 +163,7 @@ def cmdstan_path() -> str:
6 if 'CMDSTAN' in os.environ and len(os.environ['CMDSTAN']) > 0:
7 cmdstan = os.environ['CMDSTAN']
8 else:
9- cmdstan_dir = os.path.expanduser(os.path.join('~', _DOT_CMDSTAN))
10- if not os.path.exists(cmdstan_dir):
11- raise ValueError(
12- 'No CmdStan installation found, run command "install_cmdstan"'
13- 'or (re)activate your conda environment!'
14- )
15- latest_cmdstan = get_latest_cmdstan(cmdstan_dir)
16- if latest_cmdstan is None:
17- raise ValueError(
18- 'No CmdStan installation found, run command "install_cmdstan"'
19- 'or (re)activate your conda environment!'
20- )
21- cmdstan = os.path.join(cmdstan_dir, latest_cmdstan)
22+ cmdstan = '@cmdstan@'
23 os.environ['CMDSTAN'] = cmdstan
24 validate_cmdstan_path(cmdstan)
25 return os.path.normpath(cmdstan)