diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 97d804fd..e6fd6a0c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  * src/main.c, src/win32.c, src/win32.h:
    Create Geany's configuration directory in user's appdata path instead
    of the default home directory (closes #1856305).
+ * src/geany.h, src/project.c: Remove unnecessary macro GEANY_HOME_DIR.
 
 2007-12-28  Nick Treleaven  <nick(dot)treleaven(at)btinternet(dot)com>
 
diff --git a/src/geany.h b/src/geany.h
index ae4c7095..6794e7b9 100644
--- a/src/geany.h
+++ b/src/geany.h
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 
 // for detailed description look in the documentation, things are not
 // listed in the documentation should not be changed ;-)
-#define GEANY_HOME_DIR					g_get_home_dir()
 #define GEANY_FILEDEFS_SUBDIR			"filedefs"
 #define GEANY_TEMPLATES_SUBDIR			"templates"
 #define GEANY_CODENAME					"Vensell"
diff --git a/src/project.c b/src/project.c
index 3ec6da11..f4bd7f5c 100644
--- a/src/project.c
+++ b/src/project.c
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ void project_load_prefs(GKeyFile *config)
 		"project_file_path", NULL);
 	if (local_prefs.project_file_path == NULL)
 	{
-		local_prefs.project_file_path = g_strconcat(GEANY_HOME_DIR,
+		local_prefs.project_file_path = g_strconcat(g_get_home_dir(),
 			G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, PROJECT_DIR, NULL);
 	}
 }