diff --git a/UI/cmake/os-linux.cmake b/UI/cmake/os-linux.cmake
index d4b745451..ce9f873d7 100644
--- a/UI/cmake/os-linux.cmake
+++ b/UI/cmake/os-linux.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 target_sources(obs-studio PRIVATE platform-x11.cpp)
 target_compile_definitions(
   obs-studio
-  PRIVATE USE_XDG OBS_INSTALL_PREFIX="${OBS_INSTALL_PREFIX}" $<$<BOOL:${ENABLE_PORTABLE_CONFIG}>:ENABLE_PORTABLE_CONFIG>
+  PRIVATE OBS_INSTALL_PREFIX="${OBS_INSTALL_PREFIX}" $<$<BOOL:${ENABLE_PORTABLE_CONFIG}>:ENABLE_PORTABLE_CONFIG>
 )
 target_link_libraries(obs-studio PRIVATE Qt::GuiPrivate Qt::DBus)
 
diff --git a/libobs/cmake/os-linux.cmake b/libobs/cmake/os-linux.cmake
index d2a2fb582..317e75cab 100644
--- a/libobs/cmake/os-linux.cmake
+++ b/libobs/cmake/os-linux.cmake
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ target_sources(
 target_compile_definitions(
   libobs
   PRIVATE
-    USE_XDG
     OBS_INSTALL_PREFIX="${OBS_INSTALL_PREFIX}"
     $<$<COMPILE_LANG_AND_ID:C,GNU>:ENABLE_DARRAY_TYPE_TEST>
     $<$<COMPILE_LANG_AND_ID:CXX,GNU>:ENABLE_DARRAY_TYPE_TEST>
diff --git a/libobs/util/platform-nix.c b/libobs/util/platform-nix.c
index 4bbc99390..bfcf4b560 100644
--- a/libobs/util/platform-nix.c
+++ b/libobs/util/platform-nix.c
@@ -271,11 +271,9 @@ uint64_t os_gettime_ns(void)
 	return ((uint64_t)ts.tv_sec * 1000000000ULL + (uint64_t)ts.tv_nsec);
 }
 
-/* should return $HOME/.[name], or when using XDG,
- * should return $HOME/.config/[name] as default */
+/* should return $HOME/.config/[name] as default */
 int os_get_config_path(char *dst, size_t size, const char *name)
 {
-#ifdef USE_XDG
 	char *xdg_ptr = getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME");
 
 	// If XDG_CONFIG_HOME is unset,
@@ -296,23 +294,11 @@ int os_get_config_path(char *dst, size_t size, const char *name)
 		else
 			return snprintf(dst, size, "%s/%s", xdg_ptr, name);
 	}
-#else
-	char *path_ptr = getenv("HOME");
-	if (path_ptr == NULL)
-		bcrash("Could not get $HOME\n");
-
-	if (!name || !*name)
-		return snprintf(dst, size, "%s", path_ptr);
-	else
-		return snprintf(dst, size, "%s/.%s", path_ptr, name);
-#endif
 }
 
-/* should return $HOME/.[name], or when using XDG,
- * should return $HOME/.config/[name] as default */
+/* should return $HOME/.config/[name] as default */
 char *os_get_config_path_ptr(const char *name)
 {
-#ifdef USE_XDG
 	struct dstr path;
 	char *xdg_ptr = getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME");
 
@@ -332,17 +318,6 @@ char *os_get_config_path_ptr(const char *name)
 		dstr_cat(&path, name);
 	}
 	return path.array;
-#else
-	char *path_ptr = getenv("HOME");
-	if (path_ptr == NULL)
-		bcrash("Could not get $HOME\n");
-
-	struct dstr path;
-	dstr_init_copy(&path, path_ptr);
-	dstr_cat(&path, "/.");
-	dstr_cat(&path, name);
-	return path.array;
-#endif
 }
 
 int os_get_program_data_path(char *dst, size_t size, const char *name)