diff --git a/exampleConfigure.sh b/exampleConfigure.sh
index 4cc5d0100..d92f07a3e 100755
--- a/exampleConfigure.sh
+++ b/exampleConfigure.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-SFL_PREFIX=/home/$HOME/sflphone
+SFL_PREFIX=$HOME/sflphone
 
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$SFL_PREFIX/lib
 export LDFLAGS="-L$SFL_PREFIX/lib"
diff --git a/tools/config.sh b/tools/config.sh
index fb2c6062f..d9803229d 100755
--- a/tools/config.sh
+++ b/tools/config.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # prefix is without slash
 # default for redhat is /usr
-SFL_PREFIX=/home/$USER/sflphone
+SFL_PREFIX=$HOME/sflphone
 SFL_INSTALL_USER=$USER # could be root too...
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$SFL_PREFIX/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH