diff --git a/src/sdl/i_system.c b/src/sdl/i_system.c
index 10c0747bf..861f00728 100644
--- a/src/sdl/i_system.c
+++ b/src/sdl/i_system.c
@@ -145,13 +145,7 @@ int TimeFunction(int requested_frequency);
 
 // Locations for searching the srb2.pk3
 #if defined (__unix__) || defined(__APPLE__) || defined (UNIXCOMMON)
-#define DEFAULTWADLOCATION1 "/usr/local/share/games/SRB2"
-#define DEFAULTWADLOCATION2 "/usr/local/games/SRB2"
-#define DEFAULTWADLOCATION3 "/usr/share/games/SRB2"
-#define DEFAULTWADLOCATION4 "/usr/games/SRB2"
-#define DEFAULTSEARCHPATH1 "/usr/local/games"
-#define DEFAULTSEARCHPATH2 "/usr/games"
-#define DEFAULTSEARCHPATH3 "/usr/local"
+#define DEFAULTWADLOCATION1 "@wadlocation@"
 #elif defined (_WIN32)
 #define DEFAULTWADLOCATION1 "c:\\games\\srb2"
 #define DEFAULTWADLOCATION2 "\\games\\srb2"
@@ -2812,34 +2806,6 @@ static const char *locateWad(void)
 	if (((envstr = I_GetEnv("SRB2WADDIR")) != NULL) && isWadPathOk(envstr))
 		return envstr;
 
-#ifndef NOCWD
-	I_OutputMsg(",.");
-	// examine current dir
-	strcpy(returnWadPath, ".");
-	if (isWadPathOk(returnWadPath))
-		return NULL;
-#endif
-
-
-#ifdef CMAKECONFIG
-#ifndef NDEBUG
-	I_OutputMsg(","CMAKE_ASSETS_DIR);
-	strcpy(returnWadPath, CMAKE_ASSETS_DIR);
-	if (isWadPathOk(returnWadPath))
-	{
-		return returnWadPath;
-	}
-#endif
-#endif
-
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-	OSX_GetResourcesPath(returnWadPath);
-	I_OutputMsg(",%s", returnWadPath);
-	if (isWadPathOk(returnWadPath))
-	{
-		return returnWadPath;
-	}
-#endif
 
 	// examine default dirs
 #ifdef DEFAULTWADLOCATION1
@@ -2884,16 +2850,7 @@ static const char *locateWad(void)
 	if (isWadPathOk(returnWadPath))
 		return returnWadPath;
 #endif
-#ifndef NOHOME
-	// find in $HOME
-	I_OutputMsg(",HOME");
-	if ((envstr = I_GetEnv("HOME")) != NULL)
-	{
-		WadPath = searchWad(envstr);
-		if (WadPath)
-			return WadPath;
-	}
-#endif
+
 #ifdef DEFAULTSEARCHPATH1
 	// find in /usr/local
 	I_OutputMsg(", in:"DEFAULTSEARCHPATH1);