diff --git a/src/plasma/private/dataenginemanager.cpp b/src/plasma/private/dataenginemanager.cpp
index 6b35de159..f99d1bc07 100644
--- a/src/plasma/private/dataenginemanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plasma/private/dataenginemanager.cpp
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ void DataEngineManager::unloadEngine(const QString &name)
 void DataEngineManager::timerEvent(QTimerEvent *)
 {
 #ifndef NDEBUG
-    QString path = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::DataLocation) + QStringLiteral("/plasma_dataenginemanager_log");
+    QString path = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation) + QStringLiteral("/plasma_dataenginemanager_log");
     QFile f(path);
     if (!f.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Append | QIODevice::Text)) {
         // qCDebug(LOG_PLASMA) << "failed to open" << path;
diff --git a/src/plasma/private/storagethread.cpp b/src/plasma/private/storagethread.cpp
index 2cac3e581..c621b182d 100644
--- a/src/plasma/private/storagethread.cpp
+++ b/src/plasma/private/storagethread.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ void StorageThread::initializeDb(StorageJob *caller)
 {
     if (!m_db.open()) {
         m_db = QSqlDatabase::addDatabase(QStringLiteral("QSQLITE"), QStringLiteral("plasma-storage-%1").arg((quintptr)this));
-        const QString storageDir = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::DataLocation);
+        const QString storageDir = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation);
         QDir().mkpath(storageDir);
         m_db.setDatabaseName(storageDir + QLatin1Char('/') + QStringLiteral("plasma-storage2.db"));
     }