diff --git a/renv/activate.R b/renv/activate.R
index 5fbb4d27..00e4b579 100644
--- a/renv/activate.R
+++ b/renv/activate.R
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ local({
   # signal that we're loading renv during R startup
   Sys.setenv("RENV_R_INITIALIZING" = "true")
   on.exit(Sys.unsetenv("RENV_R_INITIALIZING"), add = TRUE)
-  Sys.setenv("TZDIR" = file.path(R.home(), "share", "zoneinfo"))
+  
+  # Uncomment the line below line if you are using an M1 Mac
+  # Sys.setenv("TZDIR" = file.path(R.home(), "share", "zoneinfo"))
 
   # signal that we've consented to use renv
   options(renv.consent = TRUE)