diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f67ee8703..6548c5b6a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ commands). Older versions are not supported.
 ###### Ubuntu (tested in 19.04 and 18.04)
 
 ```bash
-sudo apt install gettext intltool python3-gi python3-cairo python3-gi-cairo python3-distutils python3-dbus python3-xdg libglib2.0-dev libglib2.0-bin gir1.2-gtk-3.0 gtk-update-icon-cache
+sudo apt install gettext intltool python3-gi python3-cairo python3-gi-cairo python3-distutils python3-dbus libglib2.0-dev libglib2.0-bin gir1.2-gtk-3.0 gtk-update-icon-cache
 # and for documentation
 sudo apt install itstool yelp
 ```
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ sudo apt install itstool yelp
 
 Leap-15.0 and Leap-15.1:
 ```bash
-sudo zypper install intltool python3-pyxdg python3-cairo python3-gobject-Gdk
+sudo zypper install intltool python3-cairo python3-gobject-Gdk
 sudo zypper install itstool yelp
 ```
 
diff --git a/org.gnome.Hamster.yml b/org.gnome.Hamster.yml
index af20f442e..5f8dc0f49 100644
--- a/org.gnome.Hamster.yml
+++ b/org.gnome.Hamster.yml
@@ -19,14 +19,11 @@ modules:
   - setuptools.pth
   build-commands:
   - pip3 install --no-index --find-links="file://${PWD}" --prefix=${FLATPAK_DEST}
-    dbus-python pyxdg
+    dbus-python
   sources:
   - type: file
     url: https://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus-python/dbus-python-1.2.18.tar.gz
     sha256: 92bdd1e68b45596c833307a5ff4b217ee6929a1502f5341bae28fd120acf7260
-  - type: file
-    url: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ea/13/de39ddf4f9f9cea0c7684cd54a50d79c97ea99c9f6aed798fd13d0bd4609/pyxdg-0.27-py2.py3-none-any.whl
-    sha256: 2d6701ab7c74bbab8caa6a95e0a0a129b1643cf6c298bf7c569adec06d0709a0
 - name: hamster
   buildsystem: simple
   builddir: true
diff --git a/src/hamster/lib/configuration.py b/src/hamster/lib/configuration.py
index 24b42c668..d2ba189c4 100644
--- a/src/hamster/lib/configuration.py
+++ b/src/hamster/lib/configuration.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 
 import os
 from hamster.client import Storage
-from xdg.BaseDirectory import xdg_data_home
 
 from gi.repository import Gdk as gdk
 from gi.repository import Gio as gio
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ def __init__(self):
 
         self.data_dir = os.path.realpath(self.data_dir)
         self.storage = Storage()
-        self.home_data_dir = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(xdg_data_home, "hamster"))
+        self.home_data_dir = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(glib.get_user_data_dir(), "hamster"))
 
 
 runtime = RuntimeStore()
diff --git a/src/hamster/storage/db.py b/src/hamster/storage/db.py
index 468a95f9e..49edd2fc2 100644
--- a/src/hamster/storage/db.py
+++ b/src/hamster/storage/db.py
@@ -102,14 +102,9 @@ def on_db_file_change(monitor, gio_file, event_uri, event):
         self.run_fixtures()
 
     def __init_db_file(self, database_dir):
+        from gi.repository import GLib
+        xdg_data_home = GLib.get_user_data_dir()
         if not database_dir:
-            try:
-                from xdg.BaseDirectory import xdg_data_home
-            except ImportError:
-                xdg_data_home = os.environ.get('XDG_DATA_HOME')
-                if not xdg_data_home:
-                    xdg_data_home = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.local', 'share')
-                    logger.warning("No xdg_data_home - assuming ~/.local/share")
             database_dir = os.path.join(xdg_data_home, 'hamster')
 
         if not os.path.exists(database_dir):