diff --git a/src/common.h b/src/common.h
index 085125a5..a2894a50 100644
--- a/src/common.h
+++ b/src/common.h
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #define IRSSI_AUTHOR_EMAIL "cras@irssi.org"
 #define IRSSI_AUTHOR "Timo Sirainen <"IRSSI_AUTHOR_EMAIL">"
 
-#define IRSSI_DIR_SHORT "~/.irssi"
 #define IRSSI_DIR_FULL "%s/.irssi" /* %s == g_get_home_dir() */
 
 #define IRSSI_GLOBAL_CONFIG "irssi.conf" /* config file name in /etc/ */
diff --git a/src/fe-text/irssi.c b/src/fe-text/irssi.c
index 878e397b..e37ca72c 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/irssi.c
+++ b/src/fe-text/irssi.c
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ static void check_oldcrap(void)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	printf("\nYou seem to have old default.theme in "IRSSI_DIR_SHORT"/ directory.\n");
+	printf("\nYou seem to have an old default.theme in %s/ directory.\n", get_irssi_dir());
         printf("Themeing system has changed a bit since last irssi release,\n");
         printf("you should either delete your old default.theme or manually\n");
         printf("merge it with the new default.theme.\n\n");