diff --git a/components/common/cpp/include/ftl/file.hpp b/components/common/cpp/include/ftl/file.hpp
index bd72b63a734279ef8ec18618e5a766e602f9832c..765607974d520d270e67acf0b9d7a15f33c8fda1 100644
--- a/components/common/cpp/include/ftl/file.hpp
+++ b/components/common/cpp/include/ftl/file.hpp
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ namespace file {
 
 std::filesystem::path home_dir();
 std::filesystem::path config_dir();
-std::filesystem::path config_dir(const std::filesystem::path& subdirectory);
 
 bool is_file(const std::filesystem::path &path);
 
diff --git a/components/common/cpp/src/configuration.cpp b/components/common/cpp/src/configuration.cpp
index f03d77e16e4b3bf21253f3c01ff8e7984bf55773..6f717526f068a182de4ff035ea31fea00130fd52 100644
--- a/components/common/cpp/src/configuration.cpp
+++ b/components/common/cpp/src/configuration.cpp
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ optional<string> ftl::config::locateFile(const string &name) {
 	}
 
 	if (is_file("./"+name)) return "./"+name;
-	if (is_file(config_dir("ftl") / name)) return (ftl::file::config_dir("ftl") / name).string();
+	if (is_file(config_dir() / name)) return (ftl::file::config_dir() / name).string();
 	if (is_file(string(FTL_GLOBAL_CONFIG_ROOT) +"/"+ name)) return string(FTL_GLOBAL_CONFIG_ROOT) +"/"+ name;
 	return {};
 }
diff --git a/components/common/cpp/src/file.cpp b/components/common/cpp/src/file.cpp
index b595e09d0694e8d362dbaf73177e2092672521a6..b99936b86eeb6f167737afa96c3a2d6f699da9aa 100644
--- a/components/common/cpp/src/file.cpp
+++ b/components/common/cpp/src/file.cpp
@@ -19,20 +19,16 @@ path home_dir() {
 	return std::filesystem::absolute(path(home));
 }
 
-path config_dir(const path& subdir) {
+path config_dir() {
 	#if defined(_MSC_VER)
-	return path(std::getenv("APPDATA")) / subdir;
+	return path(std::getenv("APPDATA")) / "ftl";
 	#elif defined(__GNUC__)
-	return home_dir() / ".config";
+	return home_dir() / ".config" / "ftl";
 	#else
 	static_assert(false, "unsupported compiler");
 	#endif
 }
 
-path config_dir() {
-	return config_dir(path());
-}
-
 bool is_file(const path& p) {
 	return std::filesystem::is_regular_file(p);
 }