diff --git a/ofrak_patch_maker/CHANGELOG.md b/ofrak_patch_maker/CHANGELOG.md
index 6a208d7f9..e24e2aaa7 100644
--- a/ofrak_patch_maker/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/ofrak_patch_maker/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ All notable changes to `ofrak-patch-maker` will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) and adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased](https://github.com/redballoonsecurity/ofrak/tree/master)
+### Fixed
+- Remove option to read or install toolchain.conf from/to "/etc/toolchain.conf" ([#342](https://github.com/redballoonsecurity/ofrak/pull/342))
 
 ## [4.0.1](https://github.com/redballoonsecurity/ofrak/compare/ofrak-patch-maker-v.4.0.0...ofrak-patch-maker-v.4.0.1)
 ### Added
diff --git a/ofrak_patch_maker/Makefile b/ofrak_patch_maker/Makefile
index 3b85f9017..8c311007f 100644
--- a/ofrak_patch_maker/Makefile
+++ b/ofrak_patch_maker/Makefile
@@ -2,19 +2,12 @@ PYTHON=python3
 PIP=pip3
 
 
-# toolchain.conf is a file mapping ID to the various binaries responsible for preprocessing,
-#  assembling, compiling, linking, analyzing binaries for each currently supported toolchain.
-.PHONY: toolchain_conf
-toolchain_conf:
-	cp ofrak_patch_maker/toolchain.conf /etc/toolchain.conf
-	mv ofrak_patch_maker/toolchain.conf ofrak_patch_maker/toolchain.conf.bak
-
 .PHONY: install
-install: toolchain_conf
+install:
 	$(PIP) install .
 
 .PHONY: develop
-develop: toolchain_conf
+develop:
 	$(PIP) install -e .[test]
 
 .PHONY: inspect
diff --git a/ofrak_patch_maker/README.md b/ofrak_patch_maker/README.md
index c74e0e80a..5de9952ca 100644
--- a/ofrak_patch_maker/README.md
+++ b/ofrak_patch_maker/README.md
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ as well as the [code references for PatchMaker](https://ofrak.com/docs/reference
 ## Dependencies
 This Python package only includes the Python code for the PatchMaker and does not include any of the 
 toolchains which the PatchMaker utilizes! These would have to be
-installed individually and added to a `toolchain.conf`, which by default is placed in `/etc`.
-An example of the `toolchain.conf` can be found [here](https://github.com/redballoonsecurity/ofrak/blob/master/ofrak_patch_maker/toolchain.conf),
+installed individually and added to `toolchain.conf`, which is bundled with this package.
+An example of the `toolchain.conf` can be found [here](https://github.com/redballoonsecurity/ofrak/blob/master/ofrak_patch_maker/ofrak_patch_maker/toolchain.conf),
 and examples of how to install the toolchains can be found [here](https://github.com/redballoonsecurity/ofrak/blob/master/ofrak_patch_maker/Dockerstub).
 
 ## Testing
diff --git a/ofrak_patch_maker/ofrak_patch_maker/toolchain/utils.py b/ofrak_patch_maker/ofrak_patch_maker/toolchain/utils.py
index 0224093ca..dbcdf0ce0 100644
--- a/ofrak_patch_maker/ofrak_patch_maker/toolchain/utils.py
+++ b/ofrak_patch_maker/ofrak_patch_maker/toolchain/utils.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import configparser
-import math
 import os
-import platform
 from multiprocessing import Pool, cpu_count
 from typing import Optional, Dict, Mapping, Tuple
 
+import math
+
 from ofrak_patch_maker.toolchain.model import BinFileType, Segment
 from ofrak_type.error import NotFoundError
 from ofrak_type.memory_permissions import MemoryPermissions
@@ -26,31 +26,20 @@ def get_file_format(path):
 
 def get_repository_config(section: str, key: Optional[str] = None):
     """
-    Find config file and values. Look in user's `~/etc` directory followed by `/etc`.
+    Get config values from toolchain.conf.
 
     :param section: section name in config file
     :param key: key in `config[section]`
 
     :raises SystemExit: If `config[section]` or `config[section][key]` not found.
-    :raises KeyError: If the `$HOME` environment variable is not found.
     :return Union[str, List[Tuple[str, str]]]: the result of ``config.get(section, key)`` or
         ``config.items(section)``
     """
 
     config = configparser.RawConfigParser()
     config_name = "toolchain.conf"
-    if platform.system().find("CYGWIN") > -1 or platform.system().find("Windows") > -1:
-        config_root = "/winetc"
-    else:
-        config_root = "/etc"
     local_config = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), os.path.pardir)
-    config_paths = [config_root, local_config]
-    try:
-        local_etc = os.path.join(os.environ["HOME"], "etc")
-        config_paths = [local_etc] + config_paths
-    except KeyError:
-        print("unable to find home directory")
-
+    config_paths = [local_config]
     error_by_config_file: Dict[str, Exception] = dict()
     for p in config_paths:
         conf = os.path.join(p, config_name)