diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index a00d9c7f..7b47b0d6 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ static void inotifyWatchConfig(void)
 			   " Changes to the defaults database will require"
 			   " a restart to take effect. Check your kernel!"));
 	} else {
-		watchPath = wstrconcat(wusergnusteppath(), "/Defaults");
+		watchPath = wdefaultspathfordomain("");
 		/* Add the watch; really we are only looking for modify events
 		 * but we might want more in the future so check all events for now.
 		 * The individual events are checked for in event.c.
diff --git a/src/wconfig.h.in b/src/wconfig.h.in
index 46c3059c..2c4900e9 100644
--- a/src/wconfig.h.in
+++ b/src/wconfig.h.in
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@
 /* name of the script to execute at startup */
 #define DEF_INIT_SCRIPT "autostart"
 #define DEF_EXIT_SCRIPT "exitscript"
-#define DEFAULTS_DIR    "Defaults"
 
 #ifdef USE_TIFF
 #define DEF_BUTTON_IMAGES PKGDATADIR"/buttons.tiff"