diff --git a/crates/nu-protocol/src/eval_const.rs b/crates/nu-protocol/src/eval_const.rs
index 42bf6b4de6..b6506a7151 100644
--- a/crates/nu-protocol/src/eval_const.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-protocol/src/eval_const.rs
@@ -350,12 +350,6 @@ pub fn get_vendor_autoload_dirs(_engine_state: &EngineState) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
 pub fn get_user_autoload_dirs(_engine_state: &EngineState) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
     // User autoload directories - Currently just `autoload` in the default
     // configuration directory
-    let into_autoload_path_fn = |mut path: PathBuf| {
-        path.push("nushell");
-        path.push("autoload");
-        path
-    };
-
     let mut dirs = Vec::new();
 
     let mut append_fn = |path: PathBuf| {
@@ -364,8 +358,8 @@ pub fn get_user_autoload_dirs(_engine_state: &EngineState) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
         }
     };
 
-    if let Some(config_dir) = dirs::config_dir() {
-        append_fn(into_autoload_path_fn(config_dir));
+    if let Some(config_dir) = nu_path::nu_config_dir() {
+        append_fn(config_dir.join("autoload").into());
     }
 
     dirs